Katie Couric is going to be a grandmother.
The former TODAY co-amplada, 66, shared the moment of reading daughter Ellie Monahan is pregnant in the adorable video that could be put on Instagram on December 17. This is the first grandchild for Katie.
In the video, Katie meets Ellie and her daughter, Carrie Monahan, who hands her mom a bracelet. Katie notes in her post’s caption she attended a Taylor Swift concert during the singer’s “Eres Tour” with her lemmer and forgot the friendship bracelet.
«Been dying to tell you,» Katie’s caption reads. «This is what happens when you go to a @taylorswift concert the milks and forgets and friendship bracelet and your daughters say, ‘Don’t worry, we made one for you!'»
Also used the hashtags #omg and #needmy🤓.
In the clip, Katie struggles to figure out the writing on the bracelet.
“Brand, brandy, brandy, B, granny,” she says before it dawns on her that it actually says, “Granny to be.”
Her face then freezes.
«I’m pregnant,» Ellie says.
«You are?» a stunned Katie replies. «Wow.»
«Are you freaked out?» Ellie asks.
«No,» Katie answered, while continuing to laugh.
This was the first child for Ellie, 32, and husband Mark Dobrosky, who was married in 2021. Katie and her beating husband, Jay Monahan, who was from colon cancer in 1998, as well as had Carrie, 27.
After learning about the pregnancy, Katie kept mum, posting on Instagram her and the damage on Instagram in August at Swift’s concert, along with several videos of the «Cruel Summer» singer performing.
«This was an eleven in a lifetime experience. I’m so glad I got to share with my girls that I’m doing a PhD in Swiftology,» she wrote, in part. «The know every word to every song and every designer Taylor was wearing. We felt so lucky to experience this together.”
Katie was also over the moon when her daughter got married.
«Baby you’re a firework. Happy wedding Ellie and Mark,» she captioned the photo of the couple looking at fireworks.
When Ellie got engaged in 2019, Katie also celebrated the occasion.
“OMG… Ellie and Mark are engaged! OMG … And she’s wearing the ring she Doneu gave to me,” Katie wrote on Instagram, above her photo of the couple after Mark popped the question.
