Al Roker Pays Tribute to Hoda Kotb After ‘Today’ Exit

Al Roker is honoring Hoda Kotb after she introduced her departure from the At the moment present.

“It’s taken a bit time to course of, however I really feel nothing however happiness for my expensive good friend, @hodakotb,” Roker, 70, wrote by way of Instagram on Sunday, September 29. “She has taught me that it’s not about you however the different individual. I’ve identified her endlessly and it has all the time been concerning the different individual.”

He continued, “From my household, to her mother, sibs, and daughters, to our @todayshow household, Hoda has been about her circle. And that’s why she has the braveness to do that. I really like you. And, you ain’t going that far, Sis!”

Alongside the candy message, Roker shared a number of photographs with Kotb, 60, over time. In a single snap, Kotb and Roker beamed whereas standing beside her two youngsters: daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 4.

Kotb shocked followers when she tearfully revealed her departure from the morning present. “I noticed that it was time for me to show the web page at 60, and to strive one thing new. That is the fitting time for me to maneuver on,” she defined on Thursday, September 26, noting that her daughters had been the motivation for her choice to half methods.

Hours after her announcement, an NBC insider completely instructed Us Weekly that some weren’t shocked by her exit. “It’s such a tough job in your life,” the supply stated. “I believe the typical individual understands that morning TV will not be glamorous.”

Days later, a Puck report recommended Kotb’s choice to go away might have been because of monetary elements. The outlet reported {that a} supply with direct information of her wage stated Kotb was making over $20 million in her place, however NBC proposed a pay reduce. Nonetheless, a supply near Kotb instructed Us that “wage performed no position in Hoda’s choice.”

Kotb had been with NBC for over three many years, becoming a member of At the moment in 2007. She turned an anchor on the morning present in 2018 alongside Savannah Guthrie, who stays within the position.

Because the information broke, a number of of Kotb’s fellow At the moment present hosts have praised her. “I’m not shocked that Hoda’s residing her life and doing what she needs to do,” Dylan Dreyer completely instructed Us Weekly, calling Kotb’s exit not “dangerous information in any respect.”

Dreyer famous that the At the moment present hosts are “unhappy,” however added that she’ll nonetheless stay part of Kotb’s life. “I imply, I really like working along with her, however Hoda and I are additionally neighbors so I’m nonetheless going to see Hoda on a regular basis,” Dreyer stated.