Hoda Kotb signs deal for special interviews and Olympics after departure today

Hoda Kotb is ready to start a new chapter after parting ways with NBC’s Today.

The TV personality announced in September 2024 that she would be leaving the morning show after working for the network for nearly 30 years. “I 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: What does that decade mean? What does it mean? What will it mean for me?’ she announced in tears on air. “And I realized that at 60, it was time for me to turn the page and try something new.”

Kotb also noted at the time that her role as a mother influenced her decision. “I had my kids later in life and I thought they deserved a bigger share of my time, the pie that I have,” she explained. “I feel like we only have a limited amount of time. And so, with all that being said, this is the hardest thing in the world.” (Kotb shares her daughters, Haley and Hope, with ex-fiance Joel Schiffman.)

Kotb completes her run Today with a special “Hoda-bration” episode on January 10, after which Craig Melvin will take over her role as Savannah Guthrie‘s coach. Jenna Bush Hager will continue to cohost the fourth hour with a rotating panel of guest hosts until a permanent replacement is chosen.

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Today alums like Katie Couric And Tamron Hall have continued to host their own TV shows or moved on to other series, such as Deborah Norville participated Inside edition. While Kotb hasn’t officially announced any upcoming projects, she has teased that the next era of her career could take place both on and off the small screen.

Scroll down to see what Kotb said about her post-Today show plans:

Does Hoda Kotb have another job lined up after ‘Today’?

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Will Hoda Kotb stay on NBC after ‘Today’?

While announcing her departure, Kotb noted that she would remain in the “NBC family” that followed her Today departure, but did not elaborate on the extent of her future with the network. She told me later Page six that she will be a special correspondent. “I think it will be kind of a Snoop-esque role,” she explained, referencing the rapper’s stint at the 2024 Olympics.

“I want to be a supporting character on a team that already exists so that I can come in and just play a role there. And then I’m going to do my ‘Making Space’ podcast, which I enjoy and love so much,” Kotb said. “And for the Today show, I think we talked about doing something every four to six weeks, just a little something.

Variety previously reported that Kotb would continue to perform occasionally Today and other NBC programs, in addition to hosting her podcast “Making Space.”

Will Hoda Kotb leave TV after ‘Today’?

During an October 2024 episode of Today with Hoda and JennaKotb revealed that she plans to dive into the world of wellness after bidding Today parting.

“I don’t know if you’ve ever had a desire, a calling, a desire, and you can’t quit even if you try, because working at NBC is safer. … But sometimes you know there’s something else you want to try in your life,” she explained. “And I was so excited about the wellness space because I realized what was happening to me. I tried different things and noticed that my body became calmer. I became less ill. I felt better. I was a better parent, a better friend, a better sister, a better daughter. And I thought: all these little things that I did day in and day out helped change me inside.

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Kotb continued: “What I want to do is want to live in well-being. I want to work in that space. I want to start things. I have things seeping inside that I will hopefully have fully formed soon.

Kotb shared specific details about her next career steps during an appearance on January 6 The Kelly Clarkson Show. “I’m starting a wellness app and a company that includes retreats and a podcast and all kinds of things that we can do together, doing things that I love,” she revealed. “It’s not like going to Mexico with your girls, which is fun, but this is something where when you leave you’re like, ‘Oh my god, I feel transformed. I feel different. ”

While the company is still “in the building process,” Kotb said the app is expected to launch in the spring.

How will Hoda Kotb spend her free time after ‘Today’?

In addition to pursuing wellness, Kotb has continually looked forward to more time with her children after her departure Today. Since moving out of New York City in early 2024, Kotb has been excited about experiencing milestones in the suburbs, like taking her kids to school, taking them trick-or-treating, and hosting vacations in her new home.

“I’m so excited because to have stockings hung in a place where you know it will be where they will hang for years to come – we just decided for the first time where the tree would go, and we know from this day this is where it’s going — all this cool stuff,” she said in a December 2024 episode of Hoda & Jenna before she goes to celebrate Christmas with her girls, her mother, Samehaher sister, Helloand Schiffman. “We decorated our house with all these fun things.”