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Hoda Kotb Teared Up on the Today Show Talking About the Coronavirus

America’s morning show anchors—like Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie on the Today show, or Gayle King on CBS This Morning—are in a unique position during a crisis like the coronavirus. They’re not only providing factual information and updates to millions of Americans but offering a steady voice and presence in a chaotic time.

But they’re also just people trying to do their jobs to the best of their abilities. Kotb, who is beloved by Today fans for her warmth and daily on-air “boosts,” showed that very relatable human side on Friday morning, March 27. After interviewing New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees about his family’s $5 million donation to COVID-19 relief efforts in Louisiana, she was visibly shaken and in tears. (Kotb worked for years in New Orleans and often talks about her love of Brees and the Saints on the show.)

As Kotb tried to gather herself in the studio and kept saying “sorry,” her co-anchor Guthrie (who is broadcasting from her home) said, “Oh Hoda, I know, it’s a lot. Hoda, I’m so sorry, hun. It’s a lot. I know where your heart is, I do,” before taking over the next story tease. The two discussed the moment later on Today. “You sort of look around for someone to hug just because—that’s also part of it,” Kotb said,

The response on social media to Kotb was heartwarming. “May sound weird, but Hoda Kotb crying on the @TODAYshow after interviewing Drew Brees was what I needed this morning. She kept apologizing. She didn’t need to. We’re all in this, and it’s hurting us all,” one person tweeted. Another said, “I think we are all Hoda right now.”

“Watching @hodakotb show emotion after a piece on her home is the most human thing I’ve seen. We love you Hoda! @TODAYshow,” wrote a third person.

Hang in there, everyone.

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Ruby Rose Just Teared Up Talking About Her Batwoman Casting

Earlier this week model and actress Ruby Rose—whom you may know best from her previous roles in Orange Is the New Black or Pitch Perfect 3—made history when she was cast as Batwoman in the CW’s upcoming Batwoman series. The casting is cool on a surface level, but Rose will be playing the first openly gay superhero to headline a television series, adding another layer of significance to the network’s decision. Specifically, she’ll be “an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence.”

Rose took to Instagram shortly after the announcement and said how “thrilled and honored” she is to have the role and joked that she’ll be an “emotional wreck” for the foreseeable future. She also appeared on The Tonight Show Wednesday night to discuss what it means on a deeper level for her and the LGBTQ community. “It’s a game changer. I found out an hour before I did the premiere for The Meg, and I was so nervous doing the red carpet, that I basically skipped everybody because I kept spontaneously crying. I feel like I’m going to do it now,” she told Jimmy Fallon. “I feel like the reason I kept getting so emotional is that growing up, watching TV, I never saw someone on TV that I could identify with, let alone a superhero, you know?”

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The actress also believes Batwoman is ushering her into a new phase of her life too. “I’ve always had this saying—well, not me, Oscar Wilde—which is ‘Be yourself because everyone else is taken.’ And the second motto when I came into the industry was ‘Be the person that you needed when you were younger,'” she continued. “So one motto led me to the other, and I kept crying about it.” And now we are too.

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