Al Roker Jokes He's 'Going to Do Everything' with His Grandkids That He Didn't Do With His Kids (Exclusive)

"She's going to get whatever she wants. It's going to be fantastic," the news anchor tells PEOPLE of his granddaughter

Al Roker has some rebellious grandpa goals.

The Today news anchor, who became a “pop-pop” in July 2023 when daughter Courtney Roker Laga, 37, gave birth to baby girl Sky Lara, shared with PEOPLE how he's going to take advantage of the leeway grandparents get as opposed to when they're parents.

"I'm going to do everything I didn't do as a parent with my grandchildren," he tells PEOPLE. "I am breaking all the rules."

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He continues 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 explains how 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.

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Roker, who's a dad to Courtney with his ex-wife Alice Bell, and shares daughter Leila, 25, and son Nick, 22, with wife Deborah Roberts, recalls his own experience dealing with grandparent-induced sugar highs.

He says, "It's funny, too, because I remember my mother — Deborah would come to me and say, 'You've got to talk to your mother. She's giving the kids Yodels and Ring Dings and all that.' I said, 'I'm not talking to her. If you want to talk to her, good luck.' "

"But she's a grandparent, that outranks everything," he urged. "So as long as there's nothing to do with giving them a car when they can't drive or anything. I think all bets are off when it comes to grandparents."

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