Kotb leaving NBC’s ‘Today’ next year

In a stunning move that will likely disrupt the TV morning show landscape, Hoda Kotb announced Thursday she is departing NBC’s “Today.”

Kotb informed viewers of her decision during the program. She said in a note to the “Today” staff that she plans to stay with the network in a new role that has not been specified. She will step away from “Today” early next year.

“They say two things can be right at the same time, and I’m feeling that so deeply right now,” Kotb wrote in a memo to staff. “I love you and it’s time for me to leave the show.”

In her tearful remarks on the air, she cited a desire to spend time with her young daughters.

Kotb has been co-host of the program alongside Savannah Guthrie since 2018.

— New York Daily News