Disney isn’t the only place where dreams come true. For Hoda Kotb , it happened at the 2024 Paris Olympics . As for what the dream was, Kotb, 59, was left awestruck from an encounter with actor Tom Cruise , 62.
The Today host took to Instagram to share the epic selfie she snapped with the Mission Impossible star. In the photo, she beams with excitement standing next to Cruise. While braving Paris’ downpour of rain, she wears a poncho that exposes only a circle of her smiling face, while the actor, with wet hair, wears all black.
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And then it finally happens,” she captioned the snap of the two . Kotb’s Today Show colleagues raved in the comments section over the iconic photo. “Icons only,” Savannah Guthrie wrote.
Carson Daly chimed in writing, “Ok, you win the day.” Some playful teasing over the fact that her introduction to Cruise occurred while she was wearing a large rain poncho came from her co-host, Jenna Bush Hager . “In your dream were you wearing a poncho?” Hager joked.
Others also flocked to commend Kotb for the special moment. “Love it! ONLY HODA could look Beaming Beautiful in a full Ponch with a Hood!” one follower commented. Kotb is part of NBC’s team covering the 2024 Paris Olympics, which take place Friday, July 26, through Sunday, August 11.
Kotb’s young daughters—Haley, 7, and Hope, 4—won’t be joining her for the global sporting event, but she recently shared a picture of t.