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Hoda Kotb Tearfully Announces She's Leaving the Today Show Early Next Year
Hoda Kotb is acceptable for the latest conception her beingness has to offer.
While announcing her departure from the Today show Sept. 26 after astir 2 decades, the longtime big was sporting a very sentimental portion of jewelry: an "M" charm necklace that she antecedently shared stands for "Mom."
And those aren't the lone charms that person a peculiar meaning. Hoda revealed that she besides rocks pieces with special outcry outs to her daughters Haley Joy, 7, and Hope Catherine, 5.
"I person 'Haley' and 'Hope' connected (one of them)," she explained during an occurrence of Today in 2022. "Then I person an 'I emotion you Mama' connected this one. All of them are my girls."
But the "M" necklace had a peculiarly peculiar meaning for Hoda, arsenic she told cohost Jenna Bush Hager at the time, "The 'M' is so me. That would beryllium the archetypal I would privation to deterioration if not my kids' initials. Because who knew that I was gonna get to deterioration that initial?"
And Hoda's beingness arsenic a parent really played a relation successful her determination to measurement distant from Today.
"Obviously I had my kiddos precocious successful life," the 60-year-old shared during her Sept. 26 announcement, "and I was reasoning that they merit a bigger portion of my clip pastry that I have."
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She added, "I consciousness similar we lone person a finite magnitude of time. And so, with each that being said, this is the hardest happening successful the world."
The anchor besides explained that turning 60 felt similar the close clip to marque a displacement and "try thing new," noting that it was thing she realized aft her day celebrations.
"I remembered lasting extracurricular looking astatine these beauteous clump of radical with these gorgeous signs," Hoda recalled, "and I thought, 'This is what the apical of the question feels similar for me.' And I thought it can't get better, and I decided that this is the close clip for maine to benignant of determination on."
And portion the seasoned writer won't beryllium saying goodbye officially until aboriginal adjacent year, immoderate folks, like Today meteorologist Dylan Dreyer, are already reasoning up arsenic to who could capable her shoes.
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"I don't deliberation if they named anyone successful our halfway radical of radical it would beryllium surprising," Dylan exclusively told E! News at the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards Sept. 26. "We've each filled successful on the mode erstwhile somebody's out. I don't cognize if anybody's made immoderate decisions yet, but if it's 1 of the halfway group, I truly don't deliberation it's that surprising."
According to Dylan, that halfway group—which includes Jenna, Craig Melvin, Sheinelle Jones and Carson Daly, arsenic good as Weekend Today co-anchors Peter Alexander and Laura Jarrett—are "such a family," and immoderate of them would beryllium unthinkable alongside co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
But for now, Hoda volition proceed arsenic a fixture of weekday mornings.
To spot much of the Today host and her household implicit the years, support reading.
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Mother's Day Surprise
Hoda got affectional arsenic Haley and Hope amazed her with an aboriginal Mother's Day gift.
Birthday Celebrations
Joined by her siblings Hala and Adel, nieces Hannah and Ella, ma Sami, daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine and fiancé Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the solemnisation arsenic "my kinda birthday."
I <3 NY
Hoda enjoys a time with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine around New York City together.
Queens of Halloween
Another Halloween successful the books! Hoda and her archetypal girl walk their different Halloween unneurotic arsenic their Sesame Street change egos.
Family Forever
The Today amusement momma spends clip with her ain ma (and Haley's grandma!) successful this cute radical changeable connected Halloween 2019.
Party Time
The big shared this pic of her and her small 1 astatine a Sesame Street enactment successful Oct. 2019.
Suns Out, Funs Out
The daytime speech amusement big spends a time splashing astir the formation successful Aug. 2019.
Gift for Mama
Haley Joy looks cute arsenic a fastener celebrating her mom's 55th day this past August.
Sweet Sister
"Look who is feeding Hope!" Kotb wrote connected her Instagram successful May 2019, showing disconnected Haley feeding her newborn Hope.
Friends for Life
Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda's adjacent person and long-time erstwhile co-host at Today, met Hope in aboriginal May and they were each smiles each day.
A Full House
In April, the 55-year-old big shared a photograph of her afloat household for the archetypal clip connected Instagram writing, "This is america xo."
Welcome Hope Catherine!
It's a girl! Hoda introduced Hope to the satellite aft surprising her Today amusement family on-air revealing that she had secretly adopted her 2nd child.
Birthday Girl
On Valentine's Day, the TV big celebrated Haley's 2nd day and shared on Instagram however she felt saying, "So overmuch emotion today."
Ho Ho Home
The beaming TV property spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.
Queen Bees
Haley celebrated her 2nd Halloween by twinning with her ma successful matching bee costumes.
Apple of Her Eye
In August of 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent an autumn time unneurotic picking apples.
Splashing Around
"I can't judge I get to bash this .. #grateful" she wrote on her 54th birthday.
Proud Mama
On Mother's Day, Today co-anchor Hoda posed with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, arsenic she sported a cute tee with the connection "mama."
Mother's Day Duo
"Pre dawn photograph shoots successful furniture are a blast," gushed the happy mom successful a cute Insta selfie aboriginal connected Mother's Day.
Sixtieth Surprise
On March 2018, the Oklahoma-native celebrated partner Joel Schiffman's 60th day with their babe miss and a homemade cake.
Post-Olympic Bliss
"Home!!!!!" announced the TV big connected Instagram aft spending 2 weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics successful Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Pre-Olympics Shenanigans
The time earlier arriving successful Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV property had immoderate fun with her small sweetheart and her USA beanie.
Football's Cutest Fan
Gooo Saints! Hoda and her small sport's instrumentality cheered on the New Orleans Saints successful their crippled against the Minnesota Vikings connected January 14.
Christmas Stripe Stars
"Santa we are ready!!!" the journalist wrote on this Christmas selfie with her mom, her spouse and her small angel.
Turkey Time
On November 23, Hoda posed with her spouse and her babe miss for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Hoppy Halloween!
For her archetypal Halloween, Haley wore an adorable bunny costume arsenic she enjoyed trick-or-treating successful a stroller driven by her ma and her mom's semipermanent boyfriend.
Lil Pumpkin
On October 26, Hoda dressed Haley successful a jack-o-lantern costume writing connected Instagram, "I couldn't hold !!"
Selfie Stick Pic
During a Labor Day play formation trip, Hoda snapped a selfie with six-month-old Haley and the remainder of the family, including her ma (left), sister (top right) and member (right).
Bundle of Joy
The Today co-anchor was overjoyed to walk Labor Day play with her bundle of joy.
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Today Show Debut
The three-month-old amazed her mama on on the Today Show for Mother's Day play successful 2017, marking her debut tv appearance.
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