Hoda Kotb Looks Back on the Good Times from Working atTodayas She Reveals the 1 Thing She 'Will Not Miss'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hoda Kotb on ‘Today’.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty

Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty

Hoda Kotbis looking back on her timeToday—yet, there are things she will—and—won’t miss ahead of her departure from the show.

During an appearance onLate Night with Seth Meyerson Wednesday, Dec. 18, the broadcaster, 60, was asked an assortment of questions about her many years working on the series, including whether she would miss her daily 3:00 a.m. wake-up alarm.

“No, I will not miss that,” she shared. “Sometimes I push it to 3:15 but it usually goes off at 3:00.”

HostSeth Meyersknew one thing Kotb would certainly miss: eating at the NBC Commissary!

“I’ll tell you something about the NBC Commissary, I love the NBC Commissary,” the mother of two said. “In fact, my kids come to hang out or see me at work, the only thing they ask for is to go up to the ninth floor of the Commissary because it’s got a good spread.”

Meyers, 50, then joked, “Now be honest, would you have missed The Commissary 15 years ago?” To that, Kotb replied, “No, I would not.”

Hoda Kotb and Seth Meyers on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ on Dec. 18, 2024.Lloyd Bishop/NBC/Getty

Lloyd Bishop/NBC/Getty

However, Kotb added that she’ll miss Anna “who checks me out. I’m gonna miss her and Jackie.”

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Meyers then mentioned that the fellow NBC staffer would also miss the gym since they are “gym buddies.”

“We love the gym,” Kotb said. “Seth walks in and he gets on that treadmill and are you listening to music, what are you doing?”

“No, I’m just having arguments with myself," Meyers replied before reenacting himself looking angry on the treadmill.

Later, when asked if she’ll miss being on air, especially during the holiday season, Kotb said she is looking forward to tuning in from the comfort of her home.

“I think so many of those things are beautiful but the last tree lighting that we just had that one sort of weirdly hit me,” she said. “It was like once we did the three, two, one and the tree lit up, I was thinking to myself, I looked around for a second."

“Now moments pass and you’re not in them, I was totally in it. I was like, ‘This is it right now,’” Kotb recalled before adding that she intends to still get her weather report fromAl Roker.

Hoda Kotb on ‘Today’.Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty

Meyers also pointed out that Kotb would no longer have a reason for drinking wine before 10 am.

“Well, now it’s going to have to be evening drinking,” she joked. “The way most people do it.”

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In September, Kotb announced she would beleaving theTodayshowafter 17 years. Her last show is set to take place on Friday, Jan. 10, andCraig Melvinwillstep in as her replacementon Monday, Jan. 13.

“You are literally made for this job. You are that kind of good,” she added. “You have all the things that this job needs. You’re the right person for it.”

source: people.com