'PERFECT STORM'
TODAY hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Hager Bush have both broken down in tears during Tuesday’s broadcast over some “scary” thoughts they said they’d had.
The TV personalities started up on the topic of motherhood, which tumbled into all of their worries and fears regarding their kids.
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Mom to daughters Haley, five, and Hope, three, Hoda revealed she’s been thinking a lot about how much time she has left together with them.
The 57-year-old opened up to Jenna: “I’m not embarrassed to be my age, I’m happy I’m my age.
"It’s the perfect storm of my life - two kids, this time, this job.
"Someone said, ’It gets greater later.’ It does…but in between, there are these moments that you feel an ouch.”
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While it doesn’t bother her much when others wonder if she’s “too old to be [her young kids’] mother,” those comments stir up other concerns inside of her.
Breaking down In tears, Hoda shared: “I think I was thinking, one of the scary parts about being an older mom is wondering how much time you have.
“That is a big thought and worry.
“You do the math a lot and that’s something I don’t like doing because it’s scary.”
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What helped was when her mom came to visit, and Hoda was able to look at her mother and think, “At least 30 years more” she’ll have with her two daughters.
“That’s 35 for for Haley and 33 for Hope,” the host added. “That makes me feel very full.”
With watery eyes, TODAY's Jenna smiled for her co-host and her breakthrough thought process.
The mother of three, 40, continued to get choked up as she told Hoda that she hears of so many women who are always wondering “when” it’ll be their time to have kids.
Jenna shared: “Somebody said to me, ‘Do you know how lucky you are to be 40 and have three babies,’ and I said, ‘Yes, I do.’”
She added: “I don’t take it for granted.”
Hoda and Jenna held hands on the table in emotional support.
The 57-year-old host said one of the best moments was seeing Sandra Bullock talk about her adoption and realizing the two were the same age.
She continued: “And she’s delightful, and vibrant, and full of everything. I thought to myself, ‘You don’t know when your moment is happening. You don’t know.
“…But when your moment’s there, you take it.”
Jenna added that no one should ever tell themselves that it’s “too late” or that “they don’t deserve it” to have kids in their lives.
She then told Hoda that she can’t believe some people would go up to her and say she’s too old to have such young kids because she sees her as “a teenager.”
The 40-year-old continued: “I know it’s weird, but I actually don’t even know your exact age, but that’s because I’m terrible at birthdays.
“But I look at you like a vibrant light that’s ageless.”
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“…To me, age is such a weird, subjective thing.”
This helped Hoda stop crying tears of worry and instead tears of joy as she laughed along with Jenna’s sweet comments.
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