Kotb left 'Today' on Friday, Jan. 10, after 17 years on the air Hoda Kotb may have bid farewell to the Today show, but that doesn't mean she isn't still friends with Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie.
No one does it quite like Hoda. Hoda Kotb, the longtime host of "Today" on NBC, bid farewell to audiences Friday with her final show. Her exodus leaves the network without one of its most notable faces and viewers without a reliable morningside companion.
Hoda Kotb reunited with her former "Today" co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager, less than two weeks after exiting the show.
Hoda Kotb may have left the Today studio for good on January 10, but it seems that she can't give up her old colleagues, Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie. See details.
Hoda Kotb signed off and Norah O'Donnell is following her lead. But experts say the TV news business continues to "ebb and flow" amid talent shifts.
Hoda Kotb was spoiled rotten as she exited the Today show amid highly emotional scenes, and a source says she’s filled with gratitude while feeling nervously excited about what the future holds. “Naturally saying goodbye is somewhat bittersweet because it’s end of an era for her,
Jenna Bush Hager will cohost 'Today With Jenna and Friends' with a rotating lineup of celebrities following Hoda Kotb's 'Today' exit
Hoda Kotb may have officially departed the Today Show, but exiting the show may have set her up to take home an even bigger paycheck. Kotb announced in September that she would leave the show in the new year.
The three TV personalities grabbed a bite to eat before seeing fellow “Today” anchor Willie Geist host his first “Sunday Sitdown Live” show Wednesday.
“I was like, ‘Are they forcing you out?’ She’s like, ‘No Craig, I’m OK. I’m leaving,’” he recalled. “I was legit stunned, so much so that after she left, I went back to her dressing room, and I was like, ‘Are you sure you’re OK?’ It takes a certain kind of courage to leave anything when you’re at the height of your game.”
Jenna Bush Hager is starting a new era of the Today show's fourth hour. Following Hoda Kotb's final episode on January 10, Today With Hoda & Jenna relaunched under the new title Today With Jenna & Friends.