‘Totally repulsive’: Hoda Kotb Faces Backlash After Disclosure That She Went ‘Skinny Dipping’ With Her Daughters Hope, 4, and Haley, 7

Over the weekend, Hoda Kotb went swimming without her bathing suit on, giving her kids Haley, 7, and Hope, 4, an amazing experience! During the Monday, June 24 broadcast of Today With Hoda & Jenna, the talk show presenter revealed the startling revelation while speaking with guest host Sheinelle Jones about how she managed the heat this weekend in New York City, when temperatures hit the 90s.

We had a skinny dip! It was a lot of fun! My children were yelling. They were practically yelling with joy,” Kotb said, as if catching Jones off guard. “You went skinny dipping with your children

Later on in the show, Kotb expanded on her intriguing pool-day surprise, saying, “We’re right there, we’ve got the towels out.” We were screaming the entire time and racing inside.” “Did they just have the best time?” In response to Jones’ query, Kotb said, “It was so fun.”

Just let them know there’s a place and a time for everything,” Jones said in reference to Kotb’s children maybe growing up to believe skinny dipping is a laid-back weekend pastime.

Later, the guest host extolled Kotb’s virtues as “such a good mom.” When the tale went viral on social media, people’s opinions on whether Kotb was wise to take her young kids skinny swimming differed.

A third individual made a dramatic comment, saying, “I can’t imagine NBC letting her go back on the air after those comments.” Nevertheless, other admirers thought the story was fantastic; one fan said, “She was crying today.

The TV personality and her former fiancé, Joel Schiffman, adopted their oldest daughter, Haley Joy, in 2017, 10 years following Kotb’s infertility following her cancer diagnosis in 2007. The ex-couples adopted Hope Catherine, their second child, two years after welcoming Haley home.

Kotb and Schiffman announced their engagement in the same year, however the children’s book author also revealed the couple had canceled their January 2022 wedding.

Kotb and Schiffman are still friendly co-parents; earlier this month, the brunette beauty even gave her ex a heartfelt shout-out on Instagram for Father’s Day.

as the caption for a picture of Schiffman with his two young daughters sitting on the couch. On Mother’s Day in May, Kotb also gave herself a compliment by commenting, “Lucky me!”