Hoda Kotb could also be recognized for her friendships with Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager, however she additionally shares a candy reference to At the moment‘s Dylan Dreyer.
In a Monday, June 30, Instagram submit, Dreyer revealed that she and her former NBC colleague proceed to remain in contact because of their youngsters. “Summer season squad! Let the summer season enjoyable start!” Dreyer wrote alongside snaps of her three sons strolling on the seaside and driving bikes with Kotb’s two daughters.
Dreyer shares her sons Calvin, 8, Oliver, 5, and Rusty, 3, together with her husband, Brian Fichera. Kotb adopted her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6, in 2017 and 2019, respectively, together with her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman.
At the moment followers have been excited to see that Kotb and Dreyer have remained shut for the reason that former exited the NBC morning sequence again in January. “It’s so good that you just’re so shut to one another, and the children get alongside so properly 💕 I really like this,” one consumer commented beneath Dreyer’s submit, whereas one other wrote, “That is valuable! Lengthy life friendships forming!”
Dreyer beforehand gushed about Kotb’s bond together with her youngsters after she introduced her departure from At the moment again in September 2024. “Ollie was having a meltdown, nobody might soothe him, Hoda picks him up, wraps her arm round him, and he wrapped his proper round her too,” Dreyer captioned an Instagram pic of Kotb holding her son. “She comforts, she loves, she cares… it’s why all of us love her.”
She continued, “Approach past her expertise as an anchor, she’s the pal all of us need and want. I really like you Hoda and I applaud you for trusting your intestine and making this subsequent step in your life. You do every little thing with enthusiasm and I can’t wait to observe you soar!”
Dreyer paid tribute to Kotb by way of Instagram once more after her closing At the moment episode on January 10. “Hoda…thanks for being such a vivid gentle in my life! You imply a lot to me and my household,” she captioned pics of the pair on the time. “I want you nothing however happiness and love in your new journey. I’m so excited for you!”
The 2 have frolicked off-screen a number of instances since Kotb’s At the moment exit, together with a reunion at Willie Geist‘s first-ever Sunday Sitdown Dwell taping on January 22. Dreyer and extra At the moment hosts later celebrated Kotb on the launch occasion for her new wellness firm, Pleasure 101.
“Thanks @todayshow for all the time lifting me up!! Swipe for previous associates and new ones @joy101,” Kotb wrote alongside pink carpet group photographs from the Could 28 occasion by way of Instagram.
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