'I was shocked!' Hoda Kotb received hate mail after becoming a mother in her 50s
Hoda Kotb received handwritten hate mail after becoming a mother in her 50s.
Hoda Kotb was taken aback to receive a letter criticising her for becoming a mother in her 50s.
The 58-year-old star adopted Haley Joy, six, in 2017 and three-year-old Hope two years later but will "never forget" receiving a handwritten letter that shamed her for choosing to become a mother later on in life as she noted that she had already considered all the potential drawbacks before making her decision.
Speaking on "I'll never forget this. It was addressed to me in somebody's handwriting, to my house. It was something along the lines of 'How dare you bring a child into this world at your age!' It went on and on and it took my breath away because that actually was my ouch. I was scared. Like, is this something that is smart for me to do and am I helping? Or am I ultimately harming?"
The 'Today Show' host went on to add that she was shocked that someone had gone to the "effort" of writing a letter in the first place and recalled that the loss of her own father was a factor in her decision to adopt in her fifties.
She added: "Someone took a pen and sat at table and put it and wrote that down, got a stamp, and mailed it to me. They went to all that effort just to say that to me. I remember thinking that online you can just [type it out instantly] but this took care and time and care and research!
"My dad passed when I was in college and I remember thinking that we only have our parents for a period of time, I know the foundation he left. I know it was worth every second of that time and I thought about too."
