Sophia Michaels
Al Roker managed to fit in one last walk in Central Park before undergoing his total knee replacement this week. The famed weatherman posted an Instagram Reel Saturday, where he “limped through” the stroll. He told his followers that he was “a little less than three days from getting this left knee replaced” and that it was a “replacement of a replacement.” Despite the pain, Roker said he “had to get out” to enjoy the “gorgeous day.”
Roker’s fans flooded the comments section with well-wishes, and the “Today” show co-anchor said he would be absent from the morning news magazine for a while as he recovers from the surgery. This is not the first time Roker has undergone a replacement for his body parts. In 2020, he had his shoulder replaced at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and he previously underwent shoulder and hip replacements.
In the late fall, Roker was hospitalized with a “life-threatening illness” that turned out to be blood clots and internal bleeding. After discovering he had two bleeding ulcers, Roker’s medical team resectioned his colon, removed his gallbladder and redid his duodenum in his small intestine. His wife, Deborah Roberts, called her husband a “living, breathing miracle.”
We wish Al Roker a speedy recovery from his knee replacement surgery and hope he is back on the “Today” show soon!
