Hoda Kotb was delivered to tears after being shocked by the household of Erin Ludwig, a girl who misplaced her breast most cancers battle in 2017. On the Tuesday, January 7, episode of the At present present, Kotb was shocked by Ludwig’s husband, Jason Ludwig, and two daughters, Savannah and Aubrey.
As a breast most cancers survivor herself, Kotb celebrated different girls with the illness within the 2016 #PinkPowerTODAY sequence, which is how she met Ludwig. The ladies shaped a detailed bond earlier than Ludwig’s demise on the age of 35 in March 2017.
Kotb’s At present co-host Savannah Guthrie utterly shocked the journalist when she introduced the Ludwig household to the studio almost eight years later. The group gifted Kotb with flowers and stuffed animals for her two daughters, Haley and Hope.
With Kotb’s final day internet hosting At present arising on Friday, January 10, Guthrie and the remainder of the forged and crew are flooding her with surprises. “We’d not miss this for the world,” Jason Ludwig admitted. “After we first received the decision that we had been requested to come back again, [I] sat with the women, we talked, and undoubtedly, all of us determined we wished to come back again and be right here for you, Hoda. You’ve got touched our lives in methods you don’t have any concept.”
Kotb wiped away tears as she listened to Ludwig discuss how the household nonetheless brings Erin up in dialog. He additionally praised his present girlfriend for serving to him elevate his daughters after the tragedy.
“I can’t imagine this second occurred,” Kotb mentioned. “You guys, I can’t. I don’t know find out how to say thanks. I can’t wait to inform my ladies about you ladies. It’s going to be fairly cool.”
After Kotb’s closing At present episode, Craig Melvin can be changing her as Guthrie’s co-anchor. Nonetheless, a everlasting alternative has not been named for At present’s fourth hour, At present With Hoda & Jenna, which is being rebranded as At present With Jenna & Associates. Jenna Bush Hager can have a rotating panel of celeb co-hosts till a alternative is confirmed.