Hoda Kotb. Nathan Congleton/NBC
Hoda Kotb is saying goodbye to Today with per week filled with enjoyable and heartfelt festivities.
The celebs of the NBC morning present kicked off Kotb’s “Hoda-bration” on Monday, January 6, to mark her remaining week of episodes. “We’re gonna have a good time you, which is gonna be simple. It’s gonna be very easy,” Jenna Bush Hager stated on At this time With Hoda & Jenna earlier than joking that she couldn’t even “maintain my feelings for one minute.”
Kotb introduced in September 2024 that she was leaving Today after almost 30 years working at NBC, citing her sixtieth birthday and role as mom to daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, as the primary causes behind her determination.
“I had my kiddos late in life, and I used to be pondering they deserve an even bigger piece of my time, the pie that I’ve. I really feel like we solely have a finite period of time,” she defined on air on the time. “And so, with all that being stated, that is the toughest factor on the planet.”
Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb’s almost 20 years on the At this time present have been filled with many memorable moments. The TV persona introduced in September 2024 that she could be departing the long-lasting morning present after 26 years on NBC, 16 years as a At this time cohost and 7 years as Savannah Guthrie’s co-anchor. “I simply turned […]
Kotb’s week-long “Hoda-bration” will conclude with a special episode of Hoda & Jenna filmed in entrance of a stay studio viewers on Friday, January 10. “There shall be massive surprises, a number of surprises that Hoda received’t even find out about,” Bush Hager, 43, teased on a December 2024 episode of the sequence.
Following Friday’s episode, Bush Hager will proceed to cohost the morning present’s fourth hour as Today With Jenna & Friends. She shall be joined by a sequence of rotating visitor hosts till a everlasting alternative is picked. Craig Melvin, in the meantime, will take over Kotb’s role as Savannah Guthrie’s coanchor.
Earlier than her official farewell, scroll right down to see the most important moments from Kotb’s remaining At this time episodes:
A Sorority Shock
The marching band from Kotb’s alma mater, Virginia Tech, carried out at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Monday’s second hour of Today. After Kotb shared a hug with the varsity’s mascot, HokieBird, Guthrie stunned her colleague with 70 of her Tri Delta sorority sisters.
“They referred to as us two weeks in the past, and so they stated, ‘Are you able to get a number of Tri Deltas?’” one of many sisters said. “[Everybody] rallied, got here from everywhere in the nation as a result of we love you.”
A shocked Kotb hugged a number of members, together with the lady who was her “little sister” within the group. “You guys, I used to be the pledge coach for this sorority. It meant absolutely the world to me,” she gushed. “I can’t imagine you guys got here. I’m shocked!”
Kotb went on to inform her sisters they’d to hang around after the present. “All people’s at my home! Let’s go!” she exclaimed. “We gotta exit as we speak. We now have to. We’re making it occur.”
Heartfelt Dwelling Décor
On Monday’s episode Hoda & Jenna, Bush Hager gave Kotb a customized gift from one in all her favourite authors, Charlie Mackesy, who wrote The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Mackesy captioned a portray of the e-book’s titular characters with the message: “Hoda, each step you are taking is a victory. Love Charles.”
Kotb bought emotional as she accepted the current. “To begin with, I like him a lot. His e-book has been life-changing for thus many individuals, together with me,” she gushed. “Actually, I even have a framed, only a sketch, in my workplace, of only a sketch from his e-book. I can’t imagine he did that.”
Information of Hoda Kotb’s At this time present exit is bittersweet for her cohosts. “I simply turned 60, and it was such a monumental second for me once I turned 60 years outdated as a result of I began fascinated with that decade, like, what does that decade imply? What does it maintain? What’s it gonna have for me?” Kotb, […]
Bush Hager continued the enjoyable by enjoying a particular video message despatched by Mackesy, 62. “I’m within the rain in London to say I’m wishing you all of the luck on the planet and all of the blessings, and I hope the next move is enjoyable,” he said within the clip. “You’ve given a lot and provides a lot and I hope you’re keen on what you’re gonna do subsequent. And each single step you are taking is a victory, and thanks for together with me in your journey with the e-book. I’m so grateful to you, at all times shall be so grateful. Thanks, Hoda.”
A Lengthy-Lasting Reminiscence
Throughout her interview on Monday’s Hoda & Jenna episode, actress and comic Michelle Buteau recalled how Kotb confirmed her kindness in the course of the early days of her profession.
“You received’t bear in mind this, however about 23 years in the past, I used to be enhancing native information, WNBC overnights. … And it was off of the in a single day [shift], you have been coming in [for] the morning, and no person stated hello to me. They simply gave me tape to edit,” she recalled. “Not solely did you say hello to me, you regarded in my eyes, by way of my soul and stated, ‘How is your day?’ And I used to be like, ‘I don’t even know.’ And also you’re like, ‘I get it.’
Followers and movie star visitors alike are going to overlook seeing Hoda Kotb on At this time. On September 26, Kotb, 60, stunned viewers when she introduced that she shall be leaving the present in early 2025. “I simply turned 60, and it was such a monumental second for me once I turned 60 years outdated as a result of I […]
She continued: “And also you received’t bear in mind, however I remembered as a result of I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s who I need to be. That’s how I need to make folks really feel: seen.’ It doesn’t matter what they do, it doesn’t matter what title they’ve, you have a look at anyone and also you say, ‘How are you?’’ And also you imply it. And so, that’s how I lead my present and my initiatives, and it’s the one strategy to stay. So, thanks a lot.”
The story made each Buteau, 47, and Kotb tear up. “Why did I put on lashes?” Buteau quipped.
An Emotional Reunion
On January 7, Guthrie reunited Kotb with the household of Erin Ludwig, who died of breast most cancers in 2017. Ludwig was highlighted in one in all Kotb’s “Pink Energy” tales, which centered on breast most cancers consciousness. After first assembly Erin’s husband, Jason, and daughters, Savannah and Aubrey, in 2016, Kotb visited the household for a second time shortly after Erin’s passing and introduced the younger women with teddy bears.
Six years later, Kotb cried when Savannah and Aubrey appeared on Today with Jason and introduced almost an identical stuffed animals as items for Kotb’s daughters, Haley and Hope. The At this time cohost embraced each of the ladies for prolonged hugs, whereas Jason introduced her with a bouquet of lilies — Erin’s favourite flower.
“We’d not miss this for the world. Once we first bought the decision that we have been requested to return again, I sat with the ladies, we talked, and surely all of us determined we wished to return again and be right here for you, Hoda,” Jason gushed. “You may have touched our lives in methods you don’t have any concept, and we’re only a small share of the folks whose lives you’ve touched over your profession.”
The interview ended on a candy notice when Aubrey gifted friendship bracelets to each Kotb and Guthrie.
Discovered Households
Kotb loved one other reunion with former visitors on the January 7 episode of Hoda & Jenna. She beforehand profiled Christina Wong and Dean Kahn about their adoption journey and, whereas having the couple on the present, broke the information that they’d been matched with a child lady.
The couple launched Kotb and Bush Hager to their daughter Jacqueline on Hoda & Jenna in celebration of Kotb’s remaining week on At this time. “It’s been wonderful,” Kahn stated of the pair’s new life as mother and father. “I imply, she’s been every thing we hoped for and extra. It’s simply so surreal. You assume excellent’s not doable, after which it occurs.”
Kotb and Bush Hager stunned the couple with a present basket filled with child garments, youngsters’s books and Hoda & Jenna mugs. “And if she ever will get in hassle, that may all be offered on eBay,” Bush Hager joked.
Fan Artwork Favorites
Upon stepping out onto the At this time Plaza to greet followers on January 8, Kotb’s cohosts stunned her by adorning the present’s barricades with posters followers introduced for Kotb over the previous month. “We created this lovely collage, miss Hoda Kotb, as a result of behind all of those indicators, somebody who loves Hoda Kotb handcrafted them after which carried them from everywhere in the nation, and so they’ve been doing it for weeks now,” Melvin shared.
He went on to reward Kotb’s kindness towards At this time viewers, stating: “Hoda’s at all times right here. [She’s the] first one out of the door to say whats up to the parents right here on the plaza. And thru all the altering seasons, one factor has been fixed — it’s Hoda Kotb.”
A tearful Kotb famous that the gesture meant “every thing to her” and stated she was stunned they stored so many posters. “I used to be pondering the opposite day, I used to be like, ‘I want I had a few of these to maintain and to take house with me,’” she quipped.
A Candy and Bitter Present
Through the remaining installment of their “Can Hoda & Jenna Hack It?” phase, Kotb and Bush Hager tried one final lemon-related hack by putting a twig bottle nozzle right into a lemon to simply get the juice. “I like a lemon hack,” Kotb said on the January 8 episode of Hoda & Jenna.
Although the pair weren’t capable of recreate the social media hack, Bush Hager ended the phase on a excessive notice by gifting Kotb a lemon tree to plant at her new house. “That was tremendous good! Oh, my gosh!” Kotb exclaimed.
Hoda Kotb. Nathan Congleton/NBC
Hoda Kotb is saying goodbye to Today with per week filled with enjoyable and heartfelt festivities.
The celebs of the NBC morning present kicked off Kotb’s “Hoda-bration” on Monday, January 6, to mark her remaining week of episodes. “We’re gonna have a good time you, which is gonna be simple. It’s gonna be very easy,” Jenna Bush Hager stated on At this time With Hoda & Jenna earlier than joking that she couldn’t even “maintain my feelings for one minute.”
Kotb introduced in September 2024 that she was leaving Today after almost 30 years working at NBC, citing her sixtieth birthday and role as mom to daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, as the primary causes behind her determination.
“I had my kiddos late in life, and I used to be pondering they deserve an even bigger piece of my time, the pie that I’ve. I really feel like we solely have a finite period of time,” she defined on air on the time. “And so, with all that being stated, that is the toughest factor on the planet.”
Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb’s almost 20 years on the At this time present have been filled with many memorable moments. The TV persona introduced in September 2024 that she could be departing the long-lasting morning present after 26 years on NBC, 16 years as a At this time cohost and 7 years as Savannah Guthrie’s co-anchor. “I simply turned […]
Kotb’s week-long “Hoda-bration” will conclude with a special episode of Hoda & Jenna filmed in entrance of a stay studio viewers on Friday, January 10. “There shall be massive surprises, a number of surprises that Hoda received’t even find out about,” Bush Hager, 43, teased on a December 2024 episode of the sequence.
Following Friday’s episode, Bush Hager will proceed to cohost the morning present’s fourth hour as Today With Jenna & Friends. She shall be joined by a sequence of rotating visitor hosts till a everlasting alternative is picked. Craig Melvin, in the meantime, will take over Kotb’s role as Savannah Guthrie’s coanchor.
Earlier than her official farewell, scroll right down to see the most important moments from Kotb’s remaining At this time episodes:
A Sorority Shock
The marching band from Kotb’s alma mater, Virginia Tech, carried out at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Monday’s second hour of Today. After Kotb shared a hug with the varsity’s mascot, HokieBird, Guthrie stunned her colleague with 70 of her Tri Delta sorority sisters.
“They referred to as us two weeks in the past, and so they stated, ‘Are you able to get a number of Tri Deltas?’” one of many sisters said. “[Everybody] rallied, got here from everywhere in the nation as a result of we love you.”
A shocked Kotb hugged a number of members, together with the lady who was her “little sister” within the group. “You guys, I used to be the pledge coach for this sorority. It meant absolutely the world to me,” she gushed. “I can’t imagine you guys got here. I’m shocked!”
Kotb went on to inform her sisters they’d to hang around after the present. “All people’s at my home! Let’s go!” she exclaimed. “We gotta exit as we speak. We now have to. We’re making it occur.”
Heartfelt Dwelling Décor
On Monday’s episode Hoda & Jenna, Bush Hager gave Kotb a customized gift from one in all her favourite authors, Charlie Mackesy, who wrote The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Mackesy captioned a portray of the e-book’s titular characters with the message: “Hoda, each step you are taking is a victory. Love Charles.”
Kotb bought emotional as she accepted the current. “To begin with, I like him a lot. His e-book has been life-changing for thus many individuals, together with me,” she gushed. “Actually, I even have a framed, only a sketch, in my workplace, of only a sketch from his e-book. I can’t imagine he did that.”
Information of Hoda Kotb’s At this time present exit is bittersweet for her cohosts. “I simply turned 60, and it was such a monumental second for me once I turned 60 years outdated as a result of I began fascinated with that decade, like, what does that decade imply? What does it maintain? What’s it gonna have for me?” Kotb, […]
Bush Hager continued the enjoyable by enjoying a particular video message despatched by Mackesy, 62. “I’m within the rain in London to say I’m wishing you all of the luck on the planet and all of the blessings, and I hope the next move is enjoyable,” he said within the clip. “You’ve given a lot and provides a lot and I hope you’re keen on what you’re gonna do subsequent. And each single step you are taking is a victory, and thanks for together with me in your journey with the e-book. I’m so grateful to you, at all times shall be so grateful. Thanks, Hoda.”
A Lengthy-Lasting Reminiscence
Throughout her interview on Monday’s Hoda & Jenna episode, actress and comic Michelle Buteau recalled how Kotb confirmed her kindness in the course of the early days of her profession.
“You received’t bear in mind this, however about 23 years in the past, I used to be enhancing native information, WNBC overnights. … And it was off of the in a single day [shift], you have been coming in [for] the morning, and no person stated hello to me. They simply gave me tape to edit,” she recalled. “Not solely did you say hello to me, you regarded in my eyes, by way of my soul and stated, ‘How is your day?’ And I used to be like, ‘I don’t even know.’ And also you’re like, ‘I get it.’
Followers and movie star visitors alike are going to overlook seeing Hoda Kotb on At this time. On September 26, Kotb, 60, stunned viewers when she introduced that she shall be leaving the present in early 2025. “I simply turned 60, and it was such a monumental second for me once I turned 60 years outdated as a result of I […]
She continued: “And also you received’t bear in mind, however I remembered as a result of I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s who I need to be. That’s how I need to make folks really feel: seen.’ It doesn’t matter what they do, it doesn’t matter what title they’ve, you have a look at anyone and also you say, ‘How are you?’’ And also you imply it. And so, that’s how I lead my present and my initiatives, and it’s the one strategy to stay. So, thanks a lot.”
The story made each Buteau, 47, and Kotb tear up. “Why did I put on lashes?” Buteau quipped.
An Emotional Reunion
On January 7, Guthrie reunited Kotb with the household of Erin Ludwig, who died of breast most cancers in 2017. Ludwig was highlighted in one in all Kotb’s “Pink Energy” tales, which centered on breast most cancers consciousness. After first assembly Erin’s husband, Jason, and daughters, Savannah and Aubrey, in 2016, Kotb visited the household for a second time shortly after Erin’s passing and introduced the younger women with teddy bears.
Six years later, Kotb cried when Savannah and Aubrey appeared on Today with Jason and introduced almost an identical stuffed animals as items for Kotb’s daughters, Haley and Hope. The At this time cohost embraced each of the ladies for prolonged hugs, whereas Jason introduced her with a bouquet of lilies — Erin’s favourite flower.
“We’d not miss this for the world. Once we first bought the decision that we have been requested to return again, I sat with the ladies, we talked, and surely all of us determined we wished to return again and be right here for you, Hoda,” Jason gushed. “You may have touched our lives in methods you don’t have any concept, and we’re only a small share of the folks whose lives you’ve touched over your profession.”
The interview ended on a candy notice when Aubrey gifted friendship bracelets to each Kotb and Guthrie.
Discovered Households
Kotb loved one other reunion with former visitors on the January 7 episode of Hoda & Jenna. She beforehand profiled Christina Wong and Dean Kahn about their adoption journey and, whereas having the couple on the present, broke the information that they’d been matched with a child lady.
The couple launched Kotb and Bush Hager to their daughter Jacqueline on Hoda & Jenna in celebration of Kotb’s remaining week on At this time. “It’s been wonderful,” Kahn stated of the pair’s new life as mother and father. “I imply, she’s been every thing we hoped for and extra. It’s simply so surreal. You assume excellent’s not doable, after which it occurs.”
Kotb and Bush Hager stunned the couple with a present basket filled with child garments, youngsters’s books and Hoda & Jenna mugs. “And if she ever will get in hassle, that may all be offered on eBay,” Bush Hager joked.
Fan Artwork Favorites
Upon stepping out onto the At this time Plaza to greet followers on January 8, Kotb’s cohosts stunned her by adorning the present’s barricades with posters followers introduced for Kotb over the previous month. “We created this lovely collage, miss Hoda Kotb, as a result of behind all of those indicators, somebody who loves Hoda Kotb handcrafted them after which carried them from everywhere in the nation, and so they’ve been doing it for weeks now,” Melvin shared.
He went on to reward Kotb’s kindness towards At this time viewers, stating: “Hoda’s at all times right here. [She’s the] first one out of the door to say whats up to the parents right here on the plaza. And thru all the altering seasons, one factor has been fixed — it’s Hoda Kotb.”
A tearful Kotb famous that the gesture meant “every thing to her” and stated she was stunned they stored so many posters. “I used to be pondering the opposite day, I used to be like, ‘I want I had a few of these to maintain and to take house with me,’” she quipped.
A Candy and Bitter Present
Through the remaining installment of their “Can Hoda & Jenna Hack It?” phase, Kotb and Bush Hager tried one final lemon-related hack by putting a twig bottle nozzle right into a lemon to simply get the juice. “I like a lemon hack,” Kotb said on the January 8 episode of Hoda & Jenna.
Although the pair weren’t capable of recreate the social media hack, Bush Hager ended the phase on a excessive notice by gifting Kotb a lemon tree to plant at her new house. “That was tremendous good! Oh, my gosh!” Kotb exclaimed.
