<\/p>\n Hoda Kotb<\/strong><\/a> thinks Lester Holt<\/strong><\/a> should follow in her footsteps after his upcoming exit from NBC Nightly News<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cLester! Hats off to a great run on @nbcnightlynews!\u201d Kotb, 60, captioned pics of herself and her loved ones with Holt, 65, via Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday, February 25. \u201cNow all thats [sic] left is a move to the burbs \u2026 and a @toyota sienna mini van [sic]! Xx love you @lesterholtnbc. Xo.\u201d<\/p>\n Kotb has been enjoying the suburban life herself since departing her longtime Today<\/em> hosting gig last month. Kotb announced that she and her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 5, were moving outside of New York City<\/a> back in March 2024. The family were all settled into their new house by the time Kotb took her kids back to school<\/a> that September. (She cited wanting to spend more time with her girls, whom she shares with ex-fianc\u00e9 Joel Schiffman<\/strong>, as one of the main reasons behind her Today<\/em> exit.)<\/p>\n \u201cI have a whole new town and a whole new school and all the new things,\u201d Kotb gushed on a September 2024 episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe went for our first day of school, I carried a coffee and I had sneakers [on], and I walked my kids to school like normal people. It was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n One month later, Kotb shared how excited she was for her kids to experience Halloween in the suburbs. \u201cWe used to go trick-or-treating at CVS and the dry cleaners and [a nail salon],\u201d she said on Hoda & Jenna<\/em><\/a>. \u201cMy kids thought trick-or-treating was walking into a store and having the lady behind the counter put some [candy] in your bag. \u2026 Everywhere I look in our town, [there\u2019s] those big spiderwebs, all the things.\u201d<\/p>\n Kotb even concluded her final Today<\/em> episode<\/a> on January 10 by driving away from 30 Rockefeller Plaza with her kids in her minivan, with a \u201cJust Repotted\u201d sign strapped to the back.<\/p>\n While Craig Melvin<\/strong> took over Kotb\u2019s coanchor role on Today<\/em>, it has not been announced who will replace Holt on Nightly News<\/em>. He announced he will be leaving the show after 15 years<\/a> as host in a note to staffers on Monday, February 24.<\/p>\n
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