Craig Melvin announced as Hoda Kotb's replacement on ‘Today’
Kotb, 60, shared the news on Thursday morning, while also confirming her last day on the show is Friday, January 10.
” alongside Jenna Bush Hager, 42. She previously did the show with Kathie Lee Gifford from 2008 until Gifford’s exit in 2019.“It will be Today with Jenna and Friends until a new host is named,” the source shared. “It’ll be a full-bodied rotation of people. Some expected, some who are in the family already and some unexpected. They don’t know where it’s going to land,” says the source.
“I have spent 26 years at NBC,” she said. “I just turned 60, and it was such a monumental moment for me, because I started thinking about that decade. I realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60 and to try something new.” In a letter to “Today” staff, Kotb said, “I’ve been weighing this decision for quite a while — Am I truly ready? But, my sixtieth birthday celebration on the Plaza felt like a shift. Like a massive, joyful YES, you are! I saw it all so clearly: my broadcast career has been beyond meaningful, a new decade of my life lies ahead, and now my daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie.”The person who I want is someone who has beautiful chemistry with Jenna ,” she shared.
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