Al Roker with his grandchild.Photo:Al Roker / Instagram
Al Roker / Instagram
See broadcast news' brightest stars off screen and in full grandparent mode as they gush over their families' youngest members.
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Katie Couric
Katie Couric with her grandchild.Katie Couric/Instagram
Katie Couric/Instagram
“John Albert Dobrosky was born on his due date, Saturday, March 23rd at 8:23 am, just shy of seven pounds. He will be called Jay in honor of his maternal grandfather,” Couric wrote on Instagram alongside some snaps, referring to her late husband and Ellie’s father, Jay Monahan, who died in 1998 at age 42 from colon cancer.
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Gayle King
Gayle King with her grandson.Gayle King/Instagram
Gayle King/Instagram
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Al Roker
Al Roker with his grandchild.Al Roker / Instagram
Despite how it may seem,Al Rokerinsists that his granddaughter,Sky Clara Laga, was not named after his profession as a weatherman! TheTodaystar spoke aboutbecoming a grandparentjust after his daughterCourtney Rokerwelcomed the little girl in July 2023.
“It is magical, it really is,” Roker told his co-anchorsSavannah Guthrie,Hoda Kotb,Craig MelvinandSheinelle Jones. He continued, “The thing is, everyone tells you it’s going to be ‘this thing’ and you don’t know; it’s like when they tell you about having your first child. And then to hold this little girl, knowing almost 35 years ago I held her mom?”
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Lester Holt
Lester Holt with his grandsons.Lester Holt/Instagram
Lester Holthas atrio of grandkidsto dote on at home. His son, fellow journalist Stefan Holt, and daughter-in-law Morgan are parents to sons Henry, 6, Sam, 4, andJames(not pictured), who turns 2 in late September.
“It warmed my heart because it immediately made me think of a picture that was taken when I was an anchor in Chicago at the CBS station,” said Lester, who is a father of two between Stefan and younger son Cameron. “It was really heartwarming to think back, God I remember when you guys were little and we did pictures like that, and now there’s my grandson.”
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Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford with her grandkids.Joan Lunden/Instagram
Joan Lunden/Instagram
The former morning show anchor gets to experience twice as much family fun as a grandparent of two. Gifford’s son Cody welcomed a little boy of his own,Frankie, in May 2022, and her daughter Cassidy became a boy-mom with the arrival of her sonFinnin June 2023.
Gifford frequently obsesses over the little boys on social media, posting sweet photos of and with her grandsons. This past July, theTodayalum shared a photo of her and one-year-old Frankiewearing matching sun hats. Her caption oozed with grandmotherly love: “Heaven…. I’m in heaven! Or as close as I’m going to get to it on this earth!” she wrotealongside the snap.
06of 07Joan LundenJoan Lunden grandkids.Joan Lunden/InstagramThe formerGood Morning Americaco-host is a mother to seven and a grandmother of four.Joan Lunden’s eldest daughter, Jamie, is mom to sons Asher, 4, and Mason, who turned 8 on Sept. 9. Her second-born daughter, Lindsay, has one daughter Parker, 9, and one son named Leo, 6.Lunden shares Jamie, 43, Lindsay, 40, and her third daughter Sarah, 36, with ex-husband Michael Krauss. With her second husband Jeff Konigsberg, theGood Morning Americaalumna welcomedtwo sets of twinsvia surrogate. Her son Max and daughter Kate were born in 2003, and her son Jack and daughter Kim followed in 2005.
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Joan Lunden
Joan Lunden grandkids.Joan Lunden/Instagram
The formerGood Morning Americaco-host is a mother to seven and a grandmother of four.Joan Lunden’s eldest daughter, Jamie, is mom to sons Asher, 4, and Mason, who turned 8 on Sept. 9. Her second-born daughter, Lindsay, has one daughter Parker, 9, and one son named Leo, 6.
Lunden shares Jamie, 43, Lindsay, 40, and her third daughter Sarah, 36, with ex-husband Michael Krauss. With her second husband Jeff Konigsberg, theGood Morning Americaalumna welcomedtwo sets of twinsvia surrogate. Her son Max and daughter Kate were born in 2003, and her son Jack and daughter Kim followed in 2005.
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Jane Pauley
Jane Pauley with her grandkids.Ross Trudeau/Instagram
Ross Trudeau/Instagram
“People will read again,” Ross captioned the sweet shot, which heshared on X(formerly Twitter).
source: people.com
