AL Roker has appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show with wife Deborah Roberts for a conversation about a hard time in his life.
The beloved weatherman spoke to Kelly, 41, about how he ended up having multiple surgeries and how he's been holding up since.
Al, 69, opened up to Kelly about last year's health crisis, where he dealt with blood clots as well as a number of other issues.
"I was in the hospital," Al explained.
"I went in for one thing, and ended up having surgery for five, so it was a buy one, get four free!"
"Oh my God, that's scary!" Kelly exclaimed.
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"It was really a very scary time, Kelly," Deborah said as she looked over at Al lovingly.
She added: "Al is wanting to look forward, not backwards, which is great, ever the optimist, but it was a very, very difficult time, and we are so blessed to have him in full form and just great."
The audience clapped loudly at Deborah's statement.
Deborah, 63, admitted that she takes a more patient approach to living with Al at home now after the health issues.
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"Now, when he drops his underwear and stuff on the floor or whatever, and I want to get upset with him, I'm just like, y'know, he's there!" she said, smiling.
"I could have been dead!" the Today star quipped.
Kelly joked that Al might use this to "get out of trouble" with Deborah.
"It's your fault! You saved me!" Al joked.
'SEVERE ISSUE'
Al admitted that he nearly died during the 2022 health crisis.
He didn't end up with major complications, but he did admit that he came out of the situation with a new realization.
Last November, Al was hospitalized for blood clots in his lungs and legs.
The famous meteorologist opened up about that scary time in his life.
"It’s no secret that I had a severe medical issue, and to be completely honest, I almost died," Al said in an exclusive clip of the podcast Your Mama’s Kitchen shared by People.
"I didn’t know it at the time."
He went on to say that his family kept that important information from him at the time because they wanted him to recover properly.
“But I missed Thanksgiving, and almost missed Christmas," he said.
Al had to go back to the hospital on Thanksgiving night when he experienced another emergency.
“And I forgot how important those touchstone moments are.”
Al said that wanting to spend the holidays with his family was the realization he needed to pull through.
“I felt, in a sense, badly because I ruined Thanksgiving for the family and I was not going to let that happen for Christmas," he shared.
The podcast host Michelle Norris told Al that he was being hard on himself.
"I know," Al admitted. "But it was important to me and gave me something to push for. And I made Christmas dinner.”
'HE'S GONNA MAKE IT'
Al also told Michelle that when he was hospitalized he had a procedure done.
And when he came out of the surgery and was under anesthesia, he talked about a recipe he wanted to cook for Christmas.
His wife said that was the first thing he said when he came to.
“And she said, ‘Okay, I think he’s gonna make it,’" he told the podcast host.
AL'S BATTLE
That same month, Al opened up to his fans about his struggles.
He shared a photo of a flower bouquet and a coffee mug on Instagram, captioned: "So many of you have been thoughtfully asking where I’ve been.
"Last week I was admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in my leg which sent some clots into my lungs."
Al went on: "After some medical whack-a-mole, I am so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery.
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"Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers and hope to see you soon. Have a great weekend, everyone," he closed.
Deborah agreed: "So grateful for the top notch medical care and prayer warriors from every corner. We love you dearly sweet Al and can’t wait to get you home."
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