Hoda Kotb bid farewell to her “Today” co-hosts Friday during her last show as one of the morning program’s anchors. Kotb, 60, announced she would be leaving “Today” back in September after 26 years with NBC. Friday’s broadcast was an emotional one, capping off a week of special episodes dedicated to the beloved star.
At first, Gifford, 71, appeared in a video message from her home in Tennessee under the pretense that she couldn’t make it in-person. Shortly after the clip ended, the author“I love you so much that I was thinking to myself, ‘I sure hope Kath comes,'” the anchor admitted to Gifford. “I’m so happy that you’re here.
“My problem is I fall in love, and I fell in love with Hoda,” she revealed. “And I said, ‘I don’t want to leave her.’ Every time I was with Hoda, the one thing I had in common with you and with Regis — two very, very different people — I look forward every single day to being with you both.”And while working closely together for 11 years, Gifford found out just the type of person Kotb really is.
As Gifford, Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager toasted their beloved friend, Gifford stated, “I think I want to send her off with what she knows from my heart means most to me is that I’m sending you off with a prayer,” before reciting a pair of prayers.The pair has remained close since Gifford’s exit, with the television personality becoming emotional over Kotb’s September announcement that she planned to leave “Today.”at the time.
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