Deborah Roberts, who has been married to Al Roker for 27 years, recently opened up to Entertainment Tonight about how challenging it was to support him through a serious health crisis.
During his hospital stay and subsequent recovery from a seven-hour surgery, she assumed the role of caregiver.
Deborah told ET that she had never experienced anything like it and that she hoped she wouldn’t ever have to.
Many people, according to her, underestimate how challenging and demanding it can be.
Popular senior national affairs reporter for ABC News and contributor to 20/20 Robin Roberts recently discussed a terrible incident involving her close friend Al Roker’s health.
Roberts revealed her emotional and mental exhaustion as a result of the circumstances at age 62. She acknowledged that she was worn out, but she was also relieved that everyone had ended up safe.
Roberts credits her faith, her spirituality, as well as her family, friends, and coworkers, with providing her with the necessary support system during this trying time.
Roberts joked that Roker was doing fine because he was “back to driving her crazy” and expressed her gratitude for her many friends who had been there for her throughout it all. “.
Due to blood clots that were traveling from his leg to his lungs, Al Roker was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center twice in the beginning of November.
Al’s life was put in danger by the illness and a prior prostate cancer diagnosis in 2020, which horrified his family.
Leila, 24, Nicholas, 20, and Courtney (Al’s ex-wife Courtney’s daughter), who is 35, were their three daughters. His wife, Robin Roberts, revealed that she had planned for the possibility of losing her husband and having to tell the news to their three daughters.
Al Roker was so appreciative of the assistance he had received that he couldn’t contain it. He was well aware of how much further he had come thanks to it.
Roker thanked everyone and said that he felt incredibly fortunate to be alive.
