Hoda Kotb reveals daughter's concerning diagnosis influenced her exit from 'Today'

Hoda Kotb, longtime big of NBC’s "The Today Show," is speaking retired astir the deeper reasons she decided to permission her post.

Kotb returned arsenic a impermanent connected Wednesday for the archetypal clip since her departure from "Today" successful January.

During the appearance, she revealed that her younger daughter, Hope, 6, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

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Kotb, 60, noted that spending much clip with some her daughters, including Haley, 8, was 1 of her motivations for leaving.

She told TODAY.com that Hope’s information "definitely weighed in."

Hoda Kotb is pictured with her daughter, Hope Catherine, connected Jan. 10, 2025. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

"As anyone with a child who has benignant 1, particularly a small kid, you're perpetually watching, you're perpetually monitoring, you're perpetually checking, which is what I did each the clip erstwhile I was [at ‘Today']," she said. "You’re distracted."

"You're perpetually watching, you're perpetually monitoring, you're perpetually checking."

"You conscionable get a precedence cheque successful your life," Kotb expressed to co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin during the segment. "I tin beryllium present and sweating what’s happening to Hope successful the greeting and successful the night, oregon I tin beryllium determination and consciousness relief."

Kotb stressed that she tries not to "put her worry" connected Hope, adding that her girl is "fine for astir of the day."

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"There are conscionable moments wherever you person to ticker her," Kotb said. "I was totaling it up — 5 minutes astatine breakfast, 5 minutes astatine lunch, 5 minutes astatine dinner, sometimes overnight."

"Add that up, that's a half-hour. So, for 23 ½ hours, she's each different kid. So, I effort to retrieve that."

Hoda Kotb is pictured with daughters Hope and Haley Joy connected her past time astatine "The Today Show" connected Jan. 10, 2025. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

The Cleveland Clinic defines benignant 1 diabetes arsenic a chronic autoimmune illness that prevents the pancreas from producing insulin.

This requires daily management with insulin injections and humor sweetener monitoring.

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Type 1 vs. benignant 2 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes occurs erstwhile the immune strategy "mistakenly attacks and destroys cells" successful the pancreas, which tin hap implicit months oregon years, the supra root stated.

Symptoms of benignant 1 diabetes tin see excessive thirst and hunger, predominant urination, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, blurred imaginativeness and dilatory healing of cuts and sores.

Type 1 diabetes requires regular absorption with insulin injections and humor sweetener monitoring. (iStock)

In comparison, benignant 2 diabetes involves insulin resistance. This tin origin the pancreas to not nutrient capable insulin and the assemblage to not usage the insulin arsenic it should.

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Obesity and deficiency of exercise, among different manner and genetic factors, tin lend to the improvement of benignant 2 diabetes, according to experts.

Type 2 diabetes is much communal than benignant 1 and is much apt to hap successful older adults, portion benignant 1 is astir prevalent successful children and young adults.

Hoda Kotb is pictured connected "The Today Show" connected Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

Kotb shared with TODAY.com that Hope’s aboriginal symptoms mimicked the flu and were truthful terrible that she had to beryllium "raced" to the hospital.

"Let them beryllium kids and springiness them what they request erstwhile they request it."

Now that Kotb knows however to grip Hope’s condition, she’s offering her abstraction to beryllium a regular kid, she said.

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"Don't enactment your interest connected your kid," she advised chap parents. 

"Watch them, but don't enactment your interest connected them. Let them beryllium kids and springiness them what they request erstwhile they request it."