Savannah Guthrie Said These 3 Shocking Words When She Learned Hoda Kotb Was Leaving "Today" Rachel McRadySeptember 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM 0 Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on 'Today' in 2024 Hoda Kotb returned to the Today show on Tuesday, Sept.
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Hoda Kotb returned to the Today show on Tuesday, Sept. 23
The former Today co-anchor recalled the time she told Savannah Guthrie that she planned to exit the show
Sharing Guthrie's shocking three-word response, Kotb noted that she'll "never forget it for as long as I live"
Hoda Kotb's exit from the Today show caught many people off guard, including her co-hosts.
But now the former morning show personality is sharing one key reaction she received from her news desk co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie.
Kotb, 61, returned to the Today show on Tuesday, Sept. 23, where she discussed the moment she shared her decision with Guthrie, 53.
"I remember I dialed your number. My heart was pounding, like pounding," Kotb told Guthrie. "And you said, 'I'm at a wedding, hey girl!' being your awesome self. And I said to you, 'I have to tell you something.' And you go, 'Wait, what?' And you stop for a second and I told you."
Guthrie's response to Kotb has stuck with her in the months since her departure.
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Savannah Guthrie tears up on Hoda Kotb's final day on 'Today' on Jan. 10, 2025
"What you said to me, I'll never forget for as long as I live, you said, 'I'll mourn for us later, but today, I'll say to you' — I'll say exactly what you said — 'you got balls,' " Kotb recalled, laughing. "That's what you said to me."
"Oh, it's poetry," Guthrie replied, cracking up.
"No, but you gave me this feeling inside. You said, 'Today's for you. I'm not gonna say one thing about me today,' " Kotb recalled. "And I took that, by the way, that advice, that's very helpful in life when someone's telling you something. And I remember that moment like it was yesterday. And you made me feel so good."
Guthrie said that no matter how she personally felt about Kotb's exit, she was rooting for her former co-anchor.
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Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
"I remember it too. We believe in you, Hoda," she said. "I knew anything you do, it would turn to gold, and it has."
Kotb stepped away from the Today show in January after 17 years in order to spend more time with her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6, and to focus on her new wellness business venture, Joy 101.
Back in May, Kotb opened up to PEOPLE about her decision to step away from the morning show.
"It's really cool to just realize that there's so much more to life," she said at the time. "I wasn't able to bear witness to my kids' daily lives because of what I was doing. I got to see Haley sing 'What a Wonderful World' at 9:15 a.m. — I would have missed that. I used to think life was the big things, but it really is all the stuff that happens in between."
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