The Early Show Pretends to Get Drunk for St. Paddy's, Hoda Kotb Does the Real Thing Richard Lawson · 03/17/09 11:51AM Ohh Hoda Kotb. The perpetually drunk Today Show hostess was celebrating St. Paddy's day pretty hard on-air this morning. Over at CBS, they were only pretending to drink. Take a cue, Hodes.