Hoda Kotb Maybe leave today show, but she proves that her friendship with her former co-hosts is here to stay.
Qutb, 60 years old, co-A image Via Instagram with Jenna Bush Hager43 y Savannah Guthrie53 years old, on Wednesday, January 22. The trio can be seen smiling at a restaurant in the photo.
“I love Wednesday!! @savannahguthriejennabhager. Also remember when I had the big farewell party and now I'm like……HIIIIIIIIIIII!” Kotb wrote in the caption.
Bush Hager reposted the photo on Instagram Stories, writing: “I love these kids.”
Guthrie also shared the photo via Instagram Stories. She captioned it: “Reunion.”
The outing comes less than two weeks after Kotb's final episode on the NBC morning show on January 10.
After the star comes out… Today with Hoda and Jenna It was relaunched as Today with Jenna and friends. Bush will host Hager with a rotating selection of Celebrity guests Until an alternative pole is chosen.
“Whoever sits in this seat will have the easiest job in the world because they are sitting next to you,” Kotb said in a September 2024 episode of the show. Hoda and Jenna After announcing her plans to leave the show.
“I mean the only thing they have to do is not laugh so hard they pee their pants. That's it. They just have to hang in there. You're this bright light, you always have been, and it's your turn,” she added.
Bush replied to Hager: “If I'm shining, it's because I'm sitting in your glow.”
As for Kotb, the TV personality will not completely retire from news. In an interview with Page six Posted on January 9, Kotb revealed that she will serve as a special correspondent for Today and NBC, and has signed a deal to cover the next two Olympics.
The mogul also shared plans to start a wellness app and company during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show On January 6th.
“(It will) involve retreats and podcasts and all kinds of things that we can put together (and do) together… It's not like going to Mexico with your girls, which is fun, but it's something that you'll go to when you leave like, 'Oh my God, I feel transformed.' “I feel different,” Kotba said at the time.
“She will earn a lot more than she did on the Today show,” a source shared exclusively with The latest issue of Us Weekly.
“Now that she's not at NBC full-time, Hoda will be working with brands and could get paid for her endorsements. She could also earn several hundred thousand dollars speaking on topics like 'Change Your Life at 60,'” the source added.