“No alarm,” she captioned her Jan. 12 Instagram post showing a series of unset alarms from 3am to 3:30, “whaaaaaaaattttt???”
And while the 60-year-old was not there in-person to celebrate Craig’s big first day, she left an unexpected message—including a heartfelt poem—for him to read during the show.
“Craig-or!” Hoda said in her prerecorded message. “It’s your first day. How does it feel? First of all, I’m so proud of you, and I wanted to let you know just how proud of you I am, because, first of all, you’re going to be fantastic.”
But the surprises didn’t end there. Along with Hoda’s sentimental rhymes, a gymnasium full of Craig’s hometown family and friends gathered in Columbia, South Carolina, to show their support—including his middle school principal Dr. Carlos Smith. And, to top it all off, his family made a surprise appearance in Studio 1A to cheer him on during his first day as co-anchor—including his wife Lindsay Czarniak and kids Delano, 10, and Sybil, 8.
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