By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-07 15:52:33 | Updated at 2025-01-11 00:03:28
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Hoda Kotb has teased her next career move just days before she bids farewell to the Today show.
The 60-year-old host, who announced back in September 2024 that she had decided to quit her job at NBC, appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Monday and opened up about the next stage of her career.
Kelly, 42, began the chat and told her: 'I'm so excited for you but you're gonna be missed, it's gonna be weird!'
Hoda replied: 'It's gonna be weird for me too. I'm terrible with goodbyes and I like change, but the goodbye part is hard for me.
'I think it's because when you're madly in love with something, but you also know that it's time for something new, that's where it gets hard for me,' she continued.
Talking about her next move, the mother-of-two revealed: 'I kind of got hooked in the wellness space a couple of years ago.
'I started doing stuff that I thought seemed woo-woo and weird, and then all of a sudden as I was doing it I was like, "Wait, I feel calmer, I feel better."'
'Woo woo makes you feel good!' Kelly replied, as Hoda agreed and said: 'Woo woo makes you feel good!
Hoda Kotb has teased her next career move just days before she bids farewell to the Today show
The 60-year-old TV star appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show where she opened up about her future plans
'So, 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.
'And when you're done, it's not like going to Mexico with your girls - which is fun - but this is something that when you leave, you'll go, "Oh my gosh. I feel transformed, I feel different."
'I'm in the building process of that,' Hoda added, confirming that she thinks it will be launched in the spring.
Back in October, Hoda admitted that it felt 'scary' and 'terrifying' to move on from the Today show - but also said it felt 'exactly right.'
After dedicating 26 years of her career to NBC, Hoda said she wanted to 'fall in love' with the next chapter of life — romanticizing what positive changes it could bring.
'Whenever I made a leap, a move, a jump — it was, like, I'm falling in love. When I moved to this town, I'm falling in love. I'm going to fall in love with a place, a restaurant, a friend, I'm going to meet a boyfriend,' Hoda said.
The TV personality compared her future to the 're-potting' of a plant — 'pulled up by your very roots, your foundation, everything that grounds you and your roots are in the air.'
On September 26 last year, Hoda shocked fans when revealing she should be parting ways with the TODAY show in an emotional live explanation.
Hoda has worked for NBC for 26 years but made the decision in September 2024 to quit her TV anchor role
Hoda pictured with her two daughters Hope, four, and Haley, seven, last summer
Hoda previously hosted Today's fourth hour alongside Kathie Lee Gifford. The duo are pictured here in June 2017
'I just turned 60 and it was such a monumental moment for me when I turned 60 years old because I started thinking about that decade. Like, "What does that decade mean? What does it hold? What it's gonna have for me?"' she said on-air.
The TV star added that she had been thinking long and hard about the decision as she continued: 'I've been weighing this decision for quite a while – Am I truly ready? But, my sixtieth birthday celebration on the Plaza felt like a shift.
'Like a massive, joyful YES, you are! I saw it all so clearly: my broadcast career has been beyond meaningful, a new decade of my life lies ahead, and now my daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie. I will miss you all desperately, but I'm ready and excited.'
Last year, insiders revealed to DailyMail.com exclusively that 'no amount of money' would change Hoda's mind about leaving Today because she's looking forward to spending more time with her two daughters Haley, seven, and Hope, four.
'Yes, it's about her girls and being able to walk them to school but also, she's seen how rich a life Kathie Lee Gifford has lived since quitting – she's had a boyfriend, written a play, books, music, she even wrote and starred in a movie,' the insider said.
Kathie, 71, previously hosted the fourth hour of Today with Hoda from 2008 until 2019, which is when Jenna Bush Hager took over.
'Kathie Lee is happier than ever before,' the insider continued. 'It was never really the same after Kathie Lee left – they had the best chemistry together on the show.'
