For Carson Daly, every day is a family affair.
The TODAY co-host and his wife Siri Daly share four children: son Jackson, 16, and daughters, Etta, 12, London, 10, and Goldie, 5.
“I find happiness every day in my family … I feel like when I see them, no matter what’s going on in my professional life or anywhere else, what’s really at the core of everything for me is drawing inspiration and being happy for my family,” Carson said in 2018, in a discussion about mental health.
While Daly has called Jackson his “mini-me,” he is also an outspoken “Girl Dad.”
“I braid hair, I paint nails, I do it all,” Carson once told TODAY.com.
“All my kids are so different from each other — and I’m glad they are,” Carson has said of his children. “It’s so much more entertaining.”
Read more about Carson and Siri Daly’s four children.
Jackson
In March 2009, Carson and Siri welcomed a baby boy named Jackson, or “Jack,” as Carson affectionally calls him.
“He’s really an old soul, and mature beyond his years,” Carson previously told TODAY.com.
Jackson was a toddler when Carson began hosting and executive producing NBC’s reality music competition “The Voice.”
“He grew up backstage at ‘The Voice,’” Carson explained to TODAY. “Jackson is good in any room.”
Carson said Jackson is a “natural interviewer,” a skill he has shown off on “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Kids Edition.”
“Jack is just a really good egg,” Carson once gushed. “He’s a sponge. He loves to come to work with me — he watches what everyone is doing. I keep telling him, ‘Just keep being you. You’re good.’ He doesn’t need much direction.”
In 2022, Jackson shared on TODAY that he’s picked up pointers from watching his dad conduct interviews with celebrities.
“I learned that you always have to be prepared and just act like you’re having a conversation,” Jackson said. “(Celebrities) are just regular people … Don’t overthink it.”
Etta
Etta was born in September 2012.
Carson has described Etta as an independent child.
“Etta was the first kid of mine to go upstairs and put herself to bed,” Carson once said. “She loves fashion and puts her clothes out for the next day.”
Etta is also a talented singer, dancer and actor, and has attended theater camps and workshops.
“Anything having to do with the performing arts, she loves,” Carson has said.
In January 2023, Carson shared on Instagram a photo of Etta decked out in blue New York Islanders gear.
“It’s bring your oldest daughter to a @ny_islanders hockey game night!” Carson captioned his post. “Love my time with the kids at these games.”
London
London, who was born in August 2014, is known as “Chungy” in her family.
“It’s a nickname that comes from a meme where Bugs Bunny turns angry,” Carson has said. “She’s volatile — but in a funny way. She’s like a comedian. She loves to entertain and make people laugh.”
London “marches to the beat of her own drum,” and does “not feel peer pressure to wear the cool things,” according to her dad. For example, Carson said she will head off to school dressed in loud leggings paired with neon sneakers and “some sort of silly T-shirt.”
“She has a Super Mario Bros. red hat and then she bedazzled it with cheap rhinestones that she bought on Amazon,” Carson has said. “London is truly one of a kind.”
Goldie
The Dalys’ youngest baby, who arrived in March 2020, is “just coming into her personality,” Carson once said.
Goldie’s interests include swimming and making silly faces. She was always “very verbal,” thanks to her older siblings.
“She hears her brother and sisters talking and she picks up a lot,” Carson has said. “So when you talk to Goldie, you can ask her, ‘How was your day today?’ And she’ll give you a real response.”
Goldie — or “Go-Go,” as Al Roker calls her — has a special bond with Jackson.
“He just had 10 friends come to swim after school — you know teenage boys who think they’re so cool and macho — and Jack went and got Goldie and took her outside to swim with them,” Carson once said. “And I love to see that. He doesn’t care what his friends think.”
Goldie made her debut on TODAY in April 2020, when she was 12 days old.
“She is the pot of gold in our family rainbow and she came obviously in a much-needed time with what’s happening in our country,” Carson shared during the segment. “She’s been a wonderful distraction.”
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