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Al Roker Gives Update After Being Hospitalized for Blood Clots
The Today team pulled disconnected an epic astonishment for Al Roker.
As helium recovers from his caller wellness challenges astatine home, the unit of the NBC greeting unit decided to amusement the longtime Today weatherman conscionable however overmuch they missed him with a saccharine vacation surprise.
During the Dec. 14 episode, Today showed a clip of respective unit members—including anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, producers, unit and security—singing Christmas carols astatine his home.
With the assistance of Al's woman Deborah Roberts, respective members of the greeting show's unit softly arrived astatine Al's location dressed successful Santa hats to astonishment their person and colleague.
After Al answered Savannah and Hoda's sound astatine the door, they each began to sing. After they finished singing "Jingle Bells," helium joked, "It's awesome you did that without a prompter."
But past helium got much serious, sharing his heartfelt gratitude.
"I've missed you each so, truthful precise much, each these faces," Al continued. "It conscionable means the satellite to maine and to our household and my Deborah, who's conscionable been my rock. I convey you truthful much. I truly appreciated it."
And aft the Today crew's rendition of "Al Be Home For Christmas"—a instrumentality connected the Christmas classical rewritten for their friend—he added, "I emotion you much than you'll ever know."
Al, 68, was admitted to the infirmary successful November for humor clots successful his legs that traveled to his lungs. He returned home from his second enactment successful the infirmary connected Dec. 8.
"Listen, it's been a pugnacious slog," helium said connected the Dec. 12 occurrence of Today via video call. "I'm not going to contradict this. It's been the hardest 1 yet, and, you know, I've had my stock of surgeries. It gives you a profound consciousness of gratitude for this outpouring of prayers and thanks. I'm a precise fortunate person."
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Following their caroling surprise, the Today unit reflected connected the meaningful greeting backmost successful the studio.
"It was 1 of the astir heartwarming moments I deliberation for each of us," Savannah said. "Everybody was successful tears, and it was conscionable beauteous and truthful fantastic to spot him."
Sheinelle Jones echoed the sentiment. "It was special, it was powerful," she noted. "You could conscionable consciousness the love."
"This spot means truthful overmuch to Al. To person america each conscionable spell retired determination and serenade him was," Dylan Dreyer added. "It was emotional, and helium appreciated it."
And helium definite did. After his Today Show household near his house, Al shared his thoughts connected Instagram alongside photos from the morning's surprise, writing, "Words cannot explicit however overmuch I emotion my @todayshow household for coming implicit to bash a small caroling including a peculiar rendition of 'I'll Be Home For Christmas."
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