It was a family affair on the Thursday, April 25 episode Today.
The hosts and crew of the NBC morning show brought their children to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City for a special occasion. “That’s the future” Savannah Guthrie he said when greeting the group of children. “It’s Take Your Kids to Work Day here at NBC and we have so many amazing kids, kids of our tech crew, our producers, on-air correspondents.”
The episodes’ delightful guests included Hoda KotbShe has daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 4, whom she shares with her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, Craig Melvin‘s 10-year-old son Delano and Dylan Dreyer‘s eldest son, Calvin, 7. (Melvin, 44, shares Delano and daughter Sybil, 7, with his wife Lindsay Czarniak. In addition to Calvin, Dreyer, 42, and her husband Brian Fichera are parents to sons Oliver, 4, and Rusty, 2.)
At the end of the third period, Delano and Calvin took on the role of their parents Todayopens the episode next to it Al Roker And Sheinelle Jones. “It’s the day you bring your kids to work,” Delano said to the camera, to which Calvin quipped, “Hey, that doesn’t seem so hard.”
Melvin and Dreyer continued to praise their children’s TV talents, with Dreyer joking, “Craig and I are stage moms on the side.” I say, ‘Speak louder, sit up straight.'” After the show, Dreyer shared a sweet locker room selfie with Calvin via Instagram and wrote, “Take your kid to work!!! Calvin received the special award!!”
Kotb, 59, and Jenna Bush Hager also started on Thursday Today with Hoda & Jenna by highlighting Haley and other children of her colleagues. When asked what her favorite part of the day was so far, Haley told the co-host duo, “Getting to see mom.”
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Despite the compliment, 42-year-old Bush Hager hilariously turned the tables on Kotb. “Haley, can I ask you a question?” Who’s boss, me or mom?” she asked Haley, who hilariously replied, “You.”
“This has been happening all day,” Kotb responded, before asking her daughter, “Are you positive?” Because you know you live with me. You don’t live with Jenna.” Bush Hager then offered to have Haley with him for the weekend.
Hoda Kotb has often gushed about how her loved ones have shaped her life – especially her daughters Haley and Hope. The Today host became a mother when she adopted her little ones with her then-partner Joel Schiffman in 2017 and 2019, respectively. The former couple got engaged in 2019 after six years of dating […]
Bush Hager shares children Mila (11), Poppy (8) and Hal (4) with her husband. Heinrich Hager. Although her little ones didn’t appear on the show, she praised NBC for the fun “Take Your Kid to Work Day” activities for the crew’s talent and children. “There is an option to make your own tote bags,” she shared. “Do you know that Read with Jenna has its own library where you can relax and read? I didn’t know that.”
Before Haley joined her mother on set, Kotb took a brief break from the show earlier this month to attend her daughter’s school concert. “Haley said yesterday, ‘Are you coming to my spring concert?’ And I said, ‘When is it?’ She says, ‘It’s tomorrow.’ Well, tomorrow is today,” Kotb shared on April 18, explaining how she rushed to the event between the second and fourth periods Today.
Kotb called the concert “so beautiful” and said she was glad to be there to support Haley before she had to return to 30 Rock. “Then at 9, straight up, 8:45 to 9, it’s over. At 9:25 a.m. we had a pre-recording. I said it [my driver] Eddie“Let’s flow,” she said.