{"id":5323967,"date":"2025-01-07T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5323967"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:49:49","slug":"where-is-hoda-kotb-going-after-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/where-is-hoda-kotb-going-after-today-5323967\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is Hoda Kotb Going After &#8216;Today&#8217;? Her Next Venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\">Hoda Kotb announced she is leaving the \u2018Today\u2019 show. Learn more about where she is headed next below.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/hoda-kotb\/\"  >Hoda Kotb<\/a><\/strong> is <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/why-is-hoda-kotb-leaving-today-5323826\/\"  >stepping away<\/a> from her prominent role as co-anchor on the <em>TODAY<\/em> show. The 60-year-old has been part of the television industry for several years, working for various stations before joining NBC\u2019s <em>TODAY<\/em> in 2007. During the <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/todayshow\/status\/1839280777323806812?s=46&#038;t=QkJuD9nuMZ7qrAyaxcPLAA\"  target=\"_blank\"  >episode<\/a> on September 26, 2024, she shared, \u201cI realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new,\u201d She reflected, \u201cI remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, \u2018This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.\u2019 And I thought it can\u2019t get better, and I decided that this is the right time for me to kind of move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">With the <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/is-hoda-kotb-leaving-today-5323795\/\"  >announcement<\/a> of her departure, many are curious where Hoda is headed and what her life will look like after she embarks on this new chapter. To learn more about Hoda&#8217;s future plans after she leaves <em>TODAY<\/em>, keep reading.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoda Kotb has announced that she is leaving TODAY early next year. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXuRsDbNnI\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >pic.twitter.com\/sXuRsDbNnI<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1839280777323806812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >September 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Where Is Hoda Kotb Going After Today?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Hoda shared in a <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/hoda-kotb-leaving-today-show-rcna172812\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">letter<\/span><\/a> to her coworkers, which was made public by <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/hoda-kotb-leaving-today-show-rcna172812\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>TODAY<\/em><\/a>, that she will \u201cremain a part of the NBC family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">While speaking with<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/kelly-clarkson\/\"  ><strong> Kelly Clarkson<\/strong><\/a> in a January 2025 episode of her talk show, Hoda revealed what she is doing after her <em>TODAY<\/em> exit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">&#8220;I am starting a wellness app and company that will involve retreats and a podcast and all kinds of things that we can get together, do things that I love,\u201d Hoda said. \u201cIt&#8217;s not like going to Mexico with your girls, which is fun, but this is something that when you leave, you&#8217;ll go like, \u2018Oh my gosh. I feel transformed. I feel different.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Why Is Hoda Kotb Leaving Today?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">In the emotional <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/todayshow\/status\/1839280777323806812?s=46&#038;t=QkJuD9nuMZ7qrAyaxcPLAA\"  target=\"_blank\"  >episode<\/a> in late 2024, Hoda expressed, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new.\u201d<\/span> She recounted,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, \u2018This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.\u2019 And I thought it can\u2019t get better, and I decided that this is the right time for me to kind of move on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Additionally, she shared to the outlet,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA new decade of my life lies ahead, and now, my daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoda Kotb announced she is leaving the \u2018Today\u2019 show. 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