Oprah Winfrey, Simone Biles and More Make Cameos During Hoda Kotb’s Last Today Episode

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Hoda’s last day on Today comes almost four months after she announced she’d be leaving the morning show. The newscaster noted at the time that the decision came to her shortly after she celebrated a milestone birthday in August.

"I realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new," she said during the Sept. 26 Today broadcast. "I remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, 'This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.' And I thought it can't get better, and I decided that this is the right time for me to kind of move on."

Hoda also noted how her family played a role in the decision.

"Obviously I had my kiddos late in life, and I was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my time pie that I have," she continued. "I feel like we only have a finite amount of time. And so, with all that being said, this is the hardest thing in the world."

And as she leaves her time in front of the camera behind, she also has plans for her next step: a wellness app and company which she revealed will “involve retreats and a podcast and all kinds of things that we can get together, do things that I love.”

But in her excitement for the future, Hoda is also aware of all she’s leaving behind—including the professional relationships that have become more like family.

As she wrote of her colleagues in a letter while announcing her departure, “I’m picturing your faces and your families and all the ways you’ve lifted me up and inspired me. That’s my heart singing. So many of my professional relationships have become some of my most cherished friendships."

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