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        <title><![CDATA[Hoda Kotb officiates Zoom wedding amid coronavirus pandemic]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When an Arizona couple had to cancel their wedding due to coronavirus, <a href="https://twitter.com/hodakotb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hodakotb</a> stepped in to help officiate their wedding virtually! <strong>pic.twitter.com/NcTZiDiHhi</strong></p><p>&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1253307951751847938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p><strong>Hoda Kotb</strong> officiated an Arizona couple&#8217;s wedding via Zoom after their in-person festivities were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>And all they had to do to nab the celebrity officiant was ask: Kotb, who is an ordained minister, agreed to do the honors after the groom, John, and his friends reached out to her.</p><p><strong>As seen in a segment</strong> on the &#8220;Today&#8221; show Wednesday, the bride, Melanie, was completely surprised when Kotb popped onto the screen during a Zoom session with the couple&#8217;s family, friends and pastor.</p><p>&#8220;Hi Hoda!&#8221; she said, looking shocked as the &#8220;Today&#8221; co-anchor greeted her.</p><p>The couple exchanged their vows and Kotb pronounced them husband and wife.</p><p>Kotb, 55, then went the extra mile by having one of John and Melanie&#8217;s favorite musical artists, Russell Dickerson, join the Zoom session to perform their wedding song so they could share their first dance together as a married couple.</p><p>&#8220;They are an amazing couple,&#8221; Kotb said. &#8220;Congrats to them.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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