See Hoda Kotb’s “Today” announcement and Jenna Bush Hager’s response
Hoda Kotb revealed that he was leaving the show “today” in early 2025. Late in the morning, Jenna Bush Hager responded on set.
Hoda Kotb is publishing about her daughter’s health struggle. She revealed that she contributed to her decision to withdraw from the show “today.”
On May 28, KOTB became a guest on “Today” and returned to the old stomping grounds to co-host the fourth hour of the program with Jenna Bush Hager. During her conversation with Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin, she discussed the fact that her 6-year-old daughter’s hopes have type 1 diabetes.
“You just get a priority check in your life,” she said. “I can be here and sweating what’s going on with hope in the morning and night. Otherwise I can be there and feel the relief I can see (she).”
Guthrie said this is a “burden” for KOTB to carry while working on “today.”
Speaking to Today.com, Kotb confirmed that her daughter’s health was “undetectedly weighing on” her decision to leave the “Today” show, but she said that the main reason for spending more time with her kids. Kotb told People Magazine that Hope had received “Constry Care” and had previously won 4-5 shots a day.
“I really needed to be here to watch over her,” Kotb told people. “So whenever she needs something and it can happen again and again, I’m up – I’m up. But I never want to grow up and say, ‘Oh, my mother has quit her job from (my).’ That wasn’t the only thing, but cumulatively, it was part of that decision. ”
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas has little or no insulin, and treatment is “directed towards controlling the amount of sugar in the blood using insulin, diet and lifestyle to prevent complications.”
While co-hosting “Today with Jenna and her friends,” Kotb shared that she began to feel “out of reach” to help her hope if her daughter needed her.
“That was one of many reasons why I decided it was time for me to do something different,” Kotb said. “There’s something about knowing you can make your child a mother right there. I don’t worry now because I see her. I’m not thinking about it here.”
KOTB announced its exit from the “Today’s” show in September and officially signed off in January. Hager has since hosted the show’s fourth hour with a series of guest hosts, and on May 28, Kotb told Hager that he was “literally crushing it.”
“I’ve seen you every day,” Kotb said. “You were incredible and I hope you’re proud of yourself.”
Hoda Kotb denies rumors that will replace Kelly Clarkson
While talking to Guthrie and Melvin, Kotobu said that there was a “strange rush of emotions” back to the “today” show, “it’s a very strange feeling to know that something remains is the right thing to do.”
Kotb also denied claims to take over Kelly Clarkson on the singer’s talk show, saying, “If I’m back on TV, do you know where I’ll be back?”
