NBC News reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt takes leave of absence after ‘struggling with suicidal ideation’
NY Post
An NBC News reporter who covers youth and internet culture for the network went public with her mental health battle — saying she is stepping away after “struggling with suicidal ideation.”
Kalhan Rosenblatt, who has worked for the Comcast-owned network for seven years, announced her decision to take a “short-term leave of absence” in a heartfelt message to her nearly 29,000 followers on X on Wednesday.
In the post titled “Tw [trigger warning]: self harm,” Rosenblatt wrote: “I have been unsure about sharing this publicly but I think if I can make one person feel less alone, it’s worth it.”
Rosenblatt, 33, added that “a confluence of factors” have “led me to my rock bottom” but that she is “getting the help I need now.”
She said she hopes to return to work in “a few weeks” when she’ll be “feeling more grounded and stable.”
Rosenblatt wrote that her late mother, who passed away from ovarian cancer in 2019, left her a letter in which she wrote that her daughter “made my life worth living.”
