In honor of Hoda Kotb’s last day on TODAY, Jamie Lee Curtis and Oprah Winfrey are sharing kind words as she embarks on this next chapter of her life.
Below, we're recapping the biggest moments from her emotional final day on TODAY, Jan. 10 — also known as the "Hoda-bration."
"I told her to crank it and she did. Hoda is so special to all of us," Farizan says."She is exceptional on air, but even more off air, and that’s what makes her such a great role model. To me, she has always made the workplace feel like home." Former TODAY anchor Maria Shriver reflected on her relationship with Hoda Kotb, explaining how she supported Hoda while she considered leaving her spot on the show.
In addition to her children, her mother and her sister, Hoda listed Shriver alongside her fourth hour co-host Jenna Bush Hager, her TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie and her “besties” Karen Swensen and Jen Miller as being her"core" group of people. “So from all of your fans, your friends, me included. Thank you for being such a shining example to all of us of what’s really important, and the reason that you’re stopping is the most important. God bless you and thank you!"
She thanked them all, one-by-one. She called Carson the"secret sauce" to the show. Savannah is her"person." Al, her"first friend" at TODAY. And Craig, her successor, someone who"earned this."She recalled how their emotional conversations while getting their makeup done sometimes led to the artists having to re-do it!
Al also described her character, calling her"selfless." He commended her kindness when he was sick."It did mean the world," he said.When Hoda comes to work, she's singing, Carson said. And dancing, too — with a"star-wattage smile." "She asked me a question. Could you help me learn to narrate, to be a storyteller?' As if she needed my help. She was very kind. She listened. Over the years I've seen her be kind to all kinds of people and that makes me feel very happy. We will miss our Hoda," he said.
She credited her friend Maria Shriver with the term, who joined Hoda and Jenna on the the show and shared her support for Hoda. Her co-hosts all shared messages of support while sitting next to her on the couch in the TODAY studio.
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