HODA KOTB'S ADOPTION JOY 'I waited so long for her'. (cover story)

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  • Source:
    People, 3/20/2017, Vol. 87 Issue 13, p40, 5p, 9 Color Photographs
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      KOTB, Hoda, 1964-; MOTHERS & daughters; ADOPTION; TODAY Show (TV program); SCHIFFMAN, Joel; INFANTS; FAMILIES
    • Subject Terms:
      Family Issues
    • Author(s):
      Triggs, Charlotte
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses Hoda Kotb, host of the television show "Today," focusing on her experiences adopting a daughter Haley Joy, born February 14, 2017. Being a mother was challenging because she had breast cancer and the treatments left her infertile and she is divorced from tennis coach Burzis Kanga. Her boyfriend of three years, financier Joel Schiffman, encouraged her to apply for adoption through a New York state agency. She describes the day she got the baby, and the reaction of family, friends, and the dog to having an infant.