Hoda Kotb suffered what was known as a “medical emergency” throughout a phase of the ‘At present’ present.
The 59-year-old, who joined NBC in 1998, was in the course of a ‘At present With Hoda & Jenna’ broadcast when she instantly needed to cease attributable to a disaster involving her eyesight.
All of it started to unfold when the host realized she could have by no means taken her contact lenses out the evening prior, leading to her dropping her eyesight.
Hoda Kotb Stops ‘At present’ Present Phase Due To Eye Difficulty
On Thursday, February 1, the ‘At present’ present host triggered some ruckus attributable to her “medical emergency.”
“I believe I’ve a contact caught in my eye manner up right here. I don’t suppose I took it out final evening and I can’t discover it,” Kotb stated of her contact lens, to which Jenna Bush Hager replied by asking, “Is that this a medical emergency?”
The 59-year-old then went on to say, “It feels prefer it’s in there,” earlier than including that she was “not kidding” concerning the scenario.
“I used to be going to go to the attention physician, however I didn’t have time,” the ‘At present’ present host continued earlier than begging the viewers for assistance on find out how to deal with the scenario. “Possibly folks have methods to find out how to get it out! I’m certain folks have had contacts which have rolled up. For those who guys know, are you able to publish on X?”
Bush Hager then backed her co-host, asking the viewers, “Can we assist our lady get her contact out?”
It doesn’t cease there, as after they rolled to a industrial break, the problem worsened. “Now we have breaking information,” Bush Hager introduced after coming again on the air. “Hoda’s now misplaced all eyesight as a result of her different contact fell out.”
Hoda thinks she has a contact caught in her eye 😳 When you’ve got any tips about find out how to get it out, let @hodakotb know 👇 pic.twitter.com/Um7BBlQtQ0
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@HodaAndJenna) February 1, 2024
“It seems like a bunch of mushed-up colours,” Kotb stated of her eyesight. “That is actually bizarre. I’m completely depending on you one hundred pc. Not studying is just not straightforward. I can’t learn something!”
Bush Hager admitted, “I don’t like this sense. I wish to be companions with you. Let’s hope that a physician arrives within the subsequent couple of minutes and Hoda is ready to see!”
Her co-host then had no alternative however to proceed the present, telling Kotb and the viewers, “I’m going to go forward and skim, and hopefully when the well being particular person comes, we are able to resolve this concern.”
Contact Lens Causes Hoda Kotb To Lose Eyesight
Later within the present, Kotb was instructed to “pull your lid and look down,” which the host tried to do whereas on air with a hand mirror. After doing as she was instructed, she was in a position to restore her eyesight and take away the contact.
“Oh wait! That’s one or two [contacts]? That’s one,” she stated whereas trying on the contact in her hand. “That was so loopy! That was the most effective recommendation.”
Fortunately, all of it labored out and Kotb’s eyesight got here again!
Kotb first joined NBC in 1998 as a ‘Dateline’ correspondent. She then moved to co-hosting the fourth hour of the ‘At present’ present, earlier than turning into co-anchor of the ‘At present’ exhibiting 2018.
‘At present with Jenna and Hoda’ airs on weekdays at 10 am ET on NBC.
