Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie & More ‘Today’ Stars Celebrate Al Roker’s Birthday Amid Absence

Al Roker may have be absent from Today this week, but he felt the love from his past and present cohosts on his 71st birthday. “Happy birthday to @alroker … one of a kind!” Hoda Kotb captioned a Wednesday, August 20, Instagram post. “My favorite memory of Al’s birthday was when my kids and I baked him a cake…FaceTimed him with our party hats on.. sang happy birthday… he looked puzzled! Later i learned that his birthday is Not actually in December… it’s in august! Happy birthday— on time this year.” Kotb’s birthday tribute featured several photos of herself and her daughters — Haley, 8, and Hope, 6 — with Roker over the years,…