Protecting the Olympics is not with out its challenges. In an interview with ET, Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie revealed that being away from their family members is the toughest a part of their time in Paris masking the 2024 Olympic Video games.
“It’s so, so much fun. It’s so beautiful. It’s so exciting that, of course, you wish that your kids were here. You wish that your spouse was here,” Guthrie, who shares Vale, 9, and Charley, 7, together with her husband, Mike Feldman, mentioned. “But honestly, we are working. When they get a little bit older and… have a little more independence, we would love to bring our kids to the Olympics… We miss them.”
Kotb, who’s mother to Haley, 7, and Hope, 4, agreed, however famous that she’s realized a useful lesson in her time away.
“It’s also teaching us that kids are fine when we are away for a few days. They are perfectly fine,” she mentioned. “We’ve been FaceTiming our kids and communicating with them. Sometimes we feel like we have to be there all the time and [then] we realize they’re growing, they’re thriving, they’re excited. We can’t wait to get home and see them.”
The Video games obtained off to an iconic begin when Celine Dion closed out the Opening Ceremony with a formidable, comeback efficiency.
“We were just a puddle on the floor. That wasn’t the rain. Those were our tears. It was just so beautiful,” Guthrie mentioned, with Kotb including, “When we heard that first note, we were like, ‘It’s actually happening.’ We were in the downpouring rain… It was beautiful.”
That night time, the A-list Olympic sightings started in an enormous approach when the Right this moment co-hosts had a rain-soaked encounter with Tom Cruise.
“That was pretty epic. It was in the downpouring rain and he was soaking wet, which was kinda fun,” Kotb mentioned, earlier than reflecting on all the opposite stars on the world occasion.
“We’ve been to plenty of Olympics. I don’t think we’ve ever been to an Olympics with this many celebrities,” she mentioned. “… Every time you turn around it’s like, ‘Oh, there’s Lady Gaga. Oh, there’s Anna Wintour’… There’s a million people who are here. It’s kinda cool. What I love about the celebs too is they understand it’s actually not about them and they know it. They’re there as fans… like us.”
One celeb who’s made his fandom identified is Snoop Dogg, who’s been working as a commentator on the Video games.
“He’s just been so amazing and enthusiastic and genuine,” Guthrie mentioned. “He doesn’t make it about him. It’s all about the athletes.”
“He’s in love with his athletes and he’s in love with the sports. He really is,” Kotb agreed. “It’s not about Snoop being there. When he’s dancing with the girls from gymnastics, he’s loosening them up. You can actually feel it. He’s doing that.”
Kotb continued, “It’s not like, ‘Look at me! I’m Snoop. I’m in the stands.’ He’s always about the others or he’s about the parents. I would’ve never guessed that in one million years [that] he’s the perfect commentator for the Olympics.”
To date, the spotlight sporting occasion for the ladies was the group finals in ladies’s inventive gymnastics, throughout which Simone Biles and the remainder of Crew USA secured the gold medal.
“We had the best time yesterday. We were ready. We had our flag. We [knew] everything was gonna work out and it just did,” Kotb mentioned. “If you were gonna script the perfect night that was the script. Those girls came out, they were ready and they won gold and they won by a mile. I think seeing them as close as we were made it extra extraordinary.”
“I was squeezing her hand so hard. There was possible bruising,” Guthrie quipped of Kotb. “It was incredible. The gymnasts, by the way, they hear Hoda’s whistle [and] they look up. They’re sending hearts to her. It’s just so fun to watch. They were incredible.”
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