Olivia Newton-John was not aware Hoda Kotb had been treated for breast cancer 14 years ago, but once the pop icon found out, it was an instant bond.
Newton-John, 73, is living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, her third bout of breast cancer nearly 30 years after her first diagnosis. Hoda was speaking to Newton-John in an interview on TODAY [recently] to mark the 40th anniversary of her hit single “Physical” when Hoda told her she was a fellow member of the breast cancer community.