{"id":128280,"date":"2024-09-29T20:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/al-roker-pays-tribute-to-hoda-kotb-after-today-exit\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T20:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T20:19:51","slug":"al-roker-pays-tribute-to-hoda-kotb-after-today-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/al-roker-pays-tribute-to-hoda-kotb-after-today-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Roker Pays Tribute to Hoda Kotb After &#8216;Today&#8217; Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"100.60195062481\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/al-roker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Al Roker<\/strong><\/a> is honoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/hoda-kotb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong><\/a> after she announced her departure from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s taken a little time to process, but I feel nothing but happiness for my dear friend, @hodakotb,\u201d Roker, 70, wrote via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAgpipTS5ig\/?igsh=azlmNDExcXJybmdh&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Sunday, September 29. \u201cShe has taught me that it\u2019s not about you but the other person. I have known her forever and it has always been about the other person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cFrom my family, to her mom, sibs, and daughters, to our @todayshow family, Hoda has been about her circle. And that\u2019s why she has the courage to do this. I love you. And, you ain\u2019t going that far, Sis!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the sweet message, Roker shared several photos with Kotb, 60, over the years. In one snap, Kotb and Roker beamed while standing beside her two kids: daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 4.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAgpipTS5ig\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\" wp_automatic_readability=\"-0.328125\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kotb shocked fans when she tearfully revealed her departure from the morning show. \u201cI realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new. This is the right time for me to move on,\u201d she explained on Thursday, September 26, noting that her daughters were the motivation for her decision to part ways.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after her announcement, an NBC insider exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/why-did-hoda-kotb-quit-the-today-show-whats-next-for-her-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some were not shocked<\/a> by her exit. \u201cIt\u2019s such a hard job on your life,\u201d the source said. \u201cI think the average person understands that morning TV is not glamorous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Days later, a Puck report suggested Kotb\u2019s decision to leave may have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/did-hoda-kotb-leave-today-after-being-asked-to-cut-her-20m-salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">due to financial factors<\/a>. The outlet reported that a source with direct knowledge of her salary said Kotb was making over $20 million in her position, but NBC proposed a pay cut. However, a source close to Kotb told <em>Us<\/em> that \u201csalary played no role in Hoda\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Kotb had been with NBC for over three decades, joining <em>Today<\/em> in 2007. She became an anchor on the morning show in 2018 alongside <strong>Savannah Guthrie<\/strong>, who remains in the role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.578378378378\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/today-show-hosts-react-to-hoda-kotbs-surprising-exit\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/today-show-hosts-react-to-hoda-kotbs-surprising-exit\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Today&#8217; Show Hosts React to Hoda Kotb&#8217;s Surprising Exit<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNews of Hoda Kotb\u2019s Today show exit is bittersweet for her cohosts. \u201cI just turned 60, and it was such a monumental moment for me when I turned 60 years old because I started thinking about that decade, like, what does that decade mean? What does it hold? What\u2019s it gonna have for me?\u201d Kotb, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since the news broke, several of Kotb\u2019s fellow <em>Today<\/em> show hosts have praised her. \u201cI\u2019m not surprised that Hoda\u2019s living her life and doing what she wants to do,\u201d <strong>Dylan Dreyer<\/strong> exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em>, calling Kotb\u2019s exit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/todays-dylan-dreyer-shares-why-hoda-kotbs-exit-isnt-bad-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not \u201cbad news at all.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dreyer noted that the Today show hosts are \u201csad,\u201d but added that she\u2019ll still remain a part of Kotb\u2019s life. \u201cI mean, I love working with her, but Hoda and I are also neighbors so I\u2019m still going to see Hoda all the time,\u201d Dreyer said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/al-roker-pays-tribute-to-hoda-kotb-after-today-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Roker is honoring Hoda Kotb after she announced her departure from the Today show. \u201cIt\u2019s taken a little time to process, but I feel nothing but happiness for my dear friend, @hodakotb,\u201d Roker, 70, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, September 29. \u201cShe has taught me that it\u2019s not about you but the other person. 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