Brian Doben; Craig Barritt/Getty Hoda Kotb tells PEOPLE exclusively at the launch of her new wellness platform Joy 101 that she "almost wept" upon seeing her new PEOPLE cover This is the sixth time the formerTodayshow host has appeared on the cover Kotb was joined by her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 5, for the shoot Hoda Kotbis opening up about the impact of her most recentPEOPLE cover story— and her sixth time gracing the cover. Kotb, 60, tells PEOPLE exclusively at the launch of her wellness platform Joy 101 on Wednesday May 28, "That was such a beautiful picture. I literally saw the cover and almost wept." "I mean, both of my girls were crying," she added of appearing on the cover with her daughters Haley Joy, 8, and Hope Catherine, 5. "It was amazing. It was a perfect moment. I loved it so much. I loved everything about it." As the formerTodayshow anchor embarks on her newest venture, she also opened up about the inspiration that went into crafting Joy 101 at its launch, which was held at Current at Chelsea Piers in New York City. Craig Barritt/Getty "It was always Joy 101 because you know what, it's the basics. It's like joy is in you when you're a baby, but then you forget about it. You bury it as you get older with worries and all your junk and then you know, boom, then all of a sudden you know, and you realize you have to uncover it," Kotb tells PEOPLE. Also present at the event was Kotb's formerTodayco-anchorJenna Bush Hager, as well as her former costarsAl Roker,Craig Melvin,Savannah Guthrieand Dylan Dreyer.Gayle Kingalso joined the launch event to celebrate Kotb's new platform. Brian Doben Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Ahead of the launch event, Kotb shared a post on herInstagramof the handwritten signs her daughters had left for her around the house in honor of Joy 101 on Wednesday. "Happy Launch Day Mom!" one big sign written in rainbow letters read. She also included a photo of a sign hung on a different door, which had a heart and the word "Mom" on it. "Lucky me ❤️," Kotb wrote in her caption. In her PEOPLE cover story, Kotb opened up about her daughter Hope's health journey as she shared that she'd beendiagnosed with type 1 diabetesin 2023. "It's kind of constant care for Hope. We're monitoring her 24/7," said Kotb, who called her daughter a "trouper" for the way she is coping with medical treatment. To read more about Hoda Kotb's life afterToday, pick up the newest issue of PEOPLE on stands now. "She was getting shots — four or five a day — every day for a year. Now she is getting them less frequently because we have some other means to get her what she needs, but there's a lot to it," she added. "Some kids can have sweets, and she can't. If she's up in the night, we have to take care of her at night." Amid the challenges and her exit fromToday, Kotb is enjoying reconnecting with the joys of her own life. She told PEOPLE for her cover story, "It's really cool to just realize that there's so much more to life." She continued, "I wasn't able to bear witness to my kids' daily lives because of what I was doing. I got to see Haley sing 'What a Wonderful World' at 9:15 a.m. — I would have missed that. I used to think life was the big things, but it really is all the stuff that happens in between." Read the original article onPeople
