Followers, colleagues, and everybody in between are actually getting the Kleenex tissue prepared for what is going to doubtless be a tearful At present present goodbye for Hoda Kotb. The beloved host’s final day on the job is January 10, 2025. Forward of the exit, the 60-year-old spoke to Walker Hayes about what she was wanting ahead to after leaving the present.
In the course of the December 18 episode of her “Making Area” podcast, Kotb advised the nation star she was excited at one thing so easy however what many dad and mom take with no consideration. The concept of taking her daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, to high school.
Talking on the podcast, she recalled how one of many At present present’s producers had advised her how her mom strolling her to high school every single day was her “finest” reminiscence.
“All I need to do is stroll my children to high school,” mentioned Hoda. “And it’s the best factor, with a cup of espresso, strolling your children to high school. However all of the little issues, you get to see progress. I feel it’s all going to work out superbly.”
Hoda has mentioned beforehand how having her children late in life factored into her choice to give up the present, particularly as she is a single father or mother. “I used to be pondering they deserve a much bigger piece of my pie time,” she confessed. “I really feel like we solely have a finite period of time.
Kotb’s lengthy farewell hit considered one of its large final stops in November when she co-anchored the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade alongside together with her companions in crime Savannah Guthrie, and Al Roker. It was a submit she held since 2018. One other member of the At present present household, Craig Melvin, has been introduced as her alternative.
NBC appears to be planning to tug out all of the stops for Kotb’s last broadcast. Co-host Jenna Bush Hager shared on the Wednesday, December 18, episode of At present With Hoda & Jenna, “We’re having a ‘Hoda-bration’ for Hoda’s last present.” She additionally teased large surprises “that Hoda received’t even learn about” and the very fact the milestone episode will emanate from the long-lasting Rockefeller Plaza’s Studio 8G earlier than a dwell studio viewers. These concerned with attending the fourth hour of the printed can go to the At present web site.