Celebrity News October 03, 2018
Al Roker Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Earlier this week, “Today” anchor Al Roker took a day off to undergo emergency carpal tunnel surgery after months of battling the condition.
On Tuesday, Roker returned with his hand wrapped up, telling his co-anchors, “Everything's fine.”
Hoda Kotb quipped, “Only Roker has surgery yesterday and comes into work today, and is going to be on Broadway on Friday.”
Roker shared, “It had just gotten progressively worse to the point where Thursday, I lost use of my thumb during rehearsals.”
Al received a general anesthetic before the surgery on Monday. He explained, “I didn't want to see anything, know anything," he said. "Just wanted to wake up dazed and confused — just a regular day for me!”
Roker joked, “Actually, I didn't even have surgery, I just did this for attention!"
Al is scheduled to have his hand bandage removed on Friday, just before his Broadway debut in “Waitress,” in which he will play Joe, the owner of the diner in the musical.
