Al Roker 'Can't Believe' He Has a College Junior as He Drops 22-Year-Old Son Nick Off at School

Mar. 15, 2025

Al Roker and Deborah Roberts with son Nick.Photo:Al Roker/Instagram

Al Roker/Instagram

Al Rokeris back to being an empty nester!

On Sunday, Aug. 25, the veteran journalist, 70, shared a series of photoson Instagramas he dropped his son Nick, 22, off at college. In one sweet photo, Roker stands next to his son, who towers over his dad. Roker’s wife Deborah Roberts stands on the other side of Nick, smiling for the camera.

“Dropped Nick off this afternoon. Hard to believe we have a college junior!! House is a little too quiet,” Roker wrote in his caption.

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“I’m going to do everything I didn’t do as a parent with my grandchildren,” he told PEOPLE. “I am breaking all the rules.”

He continued to joke, “This kid’s going to be on sugar overload. She’s going to get whatever she wants. It’s going to be fantastic.”

He then explained that being a grandparent “outranks everything,” including breaking the rules, “Because then I leave.”

“It’s like, ‘Okay, she’s all revved up. Here you go. Bye. Got to go. Pop Pop’s got a date with a ghost,’ " he jokingly added.

Roker is dad to Courtney with his ex-wife Alice Bell and shares daughter Leila, 25, and son Nick with wife Roberts.

“Seems like just yesterday this beautiful boy came into our lives but #justlikethat Nick is 22 years old,” Roker wrote in his caption. “#happybirthday my young man.”

More photos from the post showed the father-son duo hanging out on a boat and enjoying a Mets game in the stands.

source: people.com