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Congratulations, Hoda! The TODAY co-anchor wins a Webby and gives 5-word speech

The ceremony honored a Webby tradition of giving five-word acceptance speeches, and Hoda was up to the challenge.
/ Source: TODAY
By Amy Eley

Congratulations are in order for TODAY's own Hoda Kotb!

The TODAY co-anchor accepted a 2023 Webby Award Monday night for her podcast "Making Space with Hoda Kotb," and her speech was filled with love.

27th Annual Webby Awards
Wilmer Valderrama and Hoda Kotb appear onstage during the Webby Awards on May 15, 2023 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for The Webby Award

The ceremony for the 27th annual Webby Awards were held Monday at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

While the winners were announced in April, the May 15 ceremony honored a Webby tradition of giving five-word acceptance speeches, and Hoda was up to the challenge.

"OK, here are my five," she began after accepting her award from Wilmer Valderrama. "Listen. Love, love, love. Bye!"

The Webby Awards celebrates "excellence on the Internet," and Hoda won for her episode featuring Viola Davis, which came out in April 2022.

"I'd like to thank Viola Davis who was the star of that episode," Hoda said on TODAY when it was announced that she had won. "She's amazing."

Amy Eley

Amy Eley is the assistant managing editor and oversees the West Cost digital team for TODAY.com, covering breaking news, what's happening in pop culture, those viral TikTok videos and everything in between. She's currently based in Colorado.

Experience

Amy’s been with TODAY.com since three days after she finished graduate school in 2013. She's covered breaking news, launched lifestyle verticals, taken readers to anchors’ homes (Al Roker’s kitchen remains a personal favorite), documented a surrogacy pregnancy, managed various editorial teams and even appeared on-air to tell America how to clean behind their refrigerators.

Expertise and Education

Amy graduated from CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism with a master's degree in journalism. Prior to that, she earned her bachelor's degree in Hawaii and worked for "Ski Racing" magazine.