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        <title><![CDATA[Hoda Kotb opens up about loneliness amid coronavirus pandemic]]></title>
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            <media:title type="html">Hoda Kotb opens up about loneliness amid coronavirus pandemic</media:title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Today&#8221; anchor <strong>Hoda Kotb</strong> has opened up about battling the loneliness that millions of Americans are now feeling.</p><p>She&#8217;s living outside New York City with <strong>her fiancé Joel Schiffman</strong>, her partner of six years, and their two young daughters and she leaves for work at 3:45 a.m. every today to helm the NBC show from 30 Rock.</p><p>In an exclusive interview with Page Six, Hoda admitted: &#8220;I do know what lonely feels like.</p><p>&#8220;I spent most of my life by myself with the exception of the last six years, and I do have to say that with everything going on, to be able to turn the doorknob and have two kids yelling as if I&#8217;ve been gone for days is incredible.&#8221;</p><p>Hoda and Joel <strong>have planned a destination wedding</strong> for early fall and she said they hope it won&#8217;t have to be rescheduled, as she said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve actually had a lot of beautiful moments we wouldn&#8217;t have had,&#8221; amid the quarantine.</p><p>“The ‘Today’ show is normally teeming with people. Even when I arrive there are people outside 30 Rock waiting for the show to start — they’ve made trips to come see us. But [now] there’s literally not a soul outside,” said Hoda. “I go into the studio and you can hear your footsteps echoing [because] there’s no one there.”</p><p>There are no stylists or makeup artists: Both Hoda and <strong>Savannah Guthrie</strong> do their own hair and makeup. Hoda said, “I do my hair with, like, a curling iron from the ’80s and really don’t lay eyes on anyone until Savannah pops up on the monitor.”</p><p>Savannah — who has been <strong>broadcasting live from her basement studio</strong> after developing cold symptoms — said: &#8220;Hoda’s incredibly strong, she’s tough as they come, but she’s full of heart.&#8221;</p><figure id="attachment_5202664"  class="wp-caption alignnone aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/today-show-94.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/today-show-94.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/today-show-94.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on &#8220;Today&#8221;</span><span class="credit">NBC</span></figcaption></figure><p>Talking about the moment that <strong>Hoda burst into tears</strong> as Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced his $5 million donation to help Louisiana, Savannah said, &#8220;This &#8230; was so hard to watch and I just wanted to give her a hug and I think that every single person watching felt that way.”</p><p>They are both still mourning the loss of Larry Edgeworth, a 61-year-old &#8220;Today&#8221; audio technician, who died two weeks ago after contracting coronavirus.</p><p>“He was just one of those people who was the beating heart of this place. He was around for decades and &#8230; was really kind, humorous and a rock-solid presence,” said Savannah, who spent two months on the 2008 presidential campaign trail with Edgeworth.</p><p>“The loss of Larry just broke open our news division. This guides us when we talk about this, because we know someone and loved him and it’s very personal.</p><p>“I don’t think any of us recognized just how profoundly how each and every one of us would be personally affected.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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