Hoda Kotbhas a lot on her plate.
She co-anchors theTodayshow every morning and co-hostsToday With Jenna and Hodaevery… late morning.
She also just released her fifth nonfiction book,This Just Speaks to Me.
Hoda Kotb on ‘The Today Show’.Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC
She spoke to EW to fill us in on the most memorable pop culture in her life.
My favorite book as a child
I think it was probably theCurious Georgebooks.
I also loved theNancy Drewbooks as I grew older.
It just spoke to me in a way that no other book did.
In the book, he talked about pain and it inspired me in so many ways.
I liked books that healed and I wanted to be a healer.
I feel like it was mine first [laughs].
WheneverLove, Actuallyis on, I will watch it.
Also,Sweet Home Alabama.For some reason, whenever I watch that it puts me in a good mood.
I don’t think I’ve readPride and Prejudice I saw the movie, though.
The last thing I watched that made me laugh out loud
ProbablySchitt’s Creek.
The relationship between the father and the son just makes me crack up.
I literally watched it this morning and was just weeping.
The first album I bought
It’s gotta be James Taylor.
It wasSweet Baby James, I think.
I also loved Gordon Lightfoot.
Because that’s what artists did, they got up in the middle of the night.
My dad walked in, like, what are you doing?
I’m like, I’m being creative, Dad.
If I want to pump up, it’s Alicia Keys.
She makes me have all the feels.
I don’t even know why, because it’s really good.
Something I had to watch in secret as a kid
My parents were super strict.
I had to sneak to watchLove BoatandFantasy Island I felt really cool if I could pull that off.
All the kids were watching it, but my parents were tough.
My favorite fictional newscaster
It’s gotta be Will Ferrell inAnchorman.
That’s another movie I could watch one million times.
