Hoda Kotb's is already starting to feel the heat in her new hot seat gig, and now RadarOnline.com can reveal the pressures from the coveted position are already having a serious affect on her personal life.
As the new main anchor of the TODAY show, Kotb, 53, is beside herself as she gears up to leave her adopted baby daughter behind in order to cover the Olympics in South Korea.
"Hoda doesn’t know what to do with her beautiful baby girl when she goes to South Korea for two weeks to host The TODAY Show coverage of the Olympics," an insider reveals, further adding the TV personality has been faced with a decision she never dreamed she'd have to make: "Should she take the baby with her or leave her safe at home in the USA?"
but was pressured to do so by TODAY producers.
Kotb brought little Haley on camera and cuddled her as fans got a first look at her face just months after she was born on Valentine's Day 2017!
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But there was controversy about this move behind the scenes as “Hoda got pressure from producers at TODAY show to have her daughter appear live on the show,” the source told Radar at the time.
“When the baby arrived, everyone that went to visit was asked to not post pictures of her face,” the source said. “Pictures Hoda placed on Instagram were carefully taken so you could only see the back of her daughter’s head.
“Now after all this careful hiding – she’s on the Today Show!”
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