Today co-host Hoda Kotb was moved to tears live on the air on Friday as she wrapped up an interview with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Brees spoke about his $5 million donation in aid of those infected with COVID-19 in Louisiana.
“We’ve got to stick together right now,” Brees told Kotb.
For much of the interview, Kotb remained collected, thanking the athlete for his kind donation and assuring him that it would inspire others to do what they can to help.
“Drew, we love ya!” she concludes before the incredibly heartfelt gesture gets the best of her.
This is the touching moment the Today co-anchor broke down in tears after interviewing Drew Brees about his $5 Million coronavirus donation:"I'm sorry," a tearful Kotb says.
“It’s a lot. I know where your heart is, my dear, I do,” her co-anchor Savannah Guthrie assures her.
Later in the show, Guthrie tells Kotb per Yahoo! News, “You know, we all get it. There’s just moments where it sort of gets you from out of nowhere. All of us understand that. Everyone feels a lot of pressure right now.”
“You sort of look around for someone to hug just because,” Kotb says.
As a precaution against the potential spread of COVID-19 amongst co-workers, Guthrie has been working from home in a temporary studio in her basement. Kotb is the only news anchor working in the show's official studio.
It recently emerged that the US had overtaken China's COVID-19 infection rate and currently has the most coronavirus cases in the world. According to John Hopkins University, the United States currently has 105,573 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, as of this writing.
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