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It’s almost time to say “hello” to Hoda Kotb for the last time.
Before its final Today appearance on January 10, the co-presenter – who announcement in September that she would be leaving the morning news show after 17 years — gave a better glimpse of what her next chapter holds.
“I’m starting a wellness app and business that will involve retreats and a podcast and all sorts of things that we can come together and do things that I love,” Hoda said on the Jan. 6 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “It’s not like going to Mexico with your daughters, which is fun, but it’s something that when you leave you’re like, ‘Oh my God.’ I feel transformed. I feel different.’
And while the 60-year-old said she’s still “in the building process” of this venture, she also admitted that her new venture came about after initial doubts about the wellness space.
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“I started doing stuff that I thought was woo-woo and weird,” she continued. “Then all of a sudden, while I was doing it, I was like, ‘Wait, I feel calmer. I feel better. Woo-woo makes you feel good.
In addition to her new wellness project, Hoda, which shares girls Haley Joy7, and I hope Catherine5, with an ex Joel Schiffman– also expressed her wish to spend more time with her daughters.
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“I found out that in my town there is a 5:30 p.m. Soul Cycle class that I’m going to start,” she said. E! News in October. “Then I’m going to go back and feed my kids breakfast and make a coffee to go in my Yeti.”
She added: “I’m going to walk my children through the beautiful streets to their school and I’m going to say goodbye to them.”
THE Making space with Hoda Kotb The podcast host also shared that her children were a key factor in her decision to leave. Today.
“Obviously I had my children late in life,” she says. said when it was announced in September, “and I thought they deserved a bigger share of my time than I did.” I feel like we only have a limited amount of time.”
Keep reading to learn more about Hoda’s bond with her daughters Haley and Hope.
(E! and Today are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
Halloween 2024
After announcing his departure TodayHoda celebrates her first Halloween in the suburbs of New York with her children.
Worthy of joy
Haley and Hope team up in cheerleader costumes.
Surprise for Mother’s Day
Hoda became emotional when Haley and Hope surprised her with a Mother’s Day gift.
Birthday celebrations
Joined by his brothers and sisters Halah And Adelenieces Hannah And EllaMom Samigirls Haley Joy And I hope Catherine and engaged Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the celebration as “my kind of birthday.”
I <3 NY
Hoda spends a day together with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine in New York.
Halloween Queens
Another Halloween in the books! Hoda and her first daughter spend their other Halloween together as their Sesame Street alter egos.
Family forever
THE Today show mom spending time with her own mother (and Haley’s grandmother!) in this cute group photo from Halloween 2019.
Party time
The host shared this photo of her and her little one during a Sesame Street party in October 2019.
The sun is out, we’re having fun
The daytime talk show host spends a day splashing around on the beach in August 2019.
Gift for mom
Haley Joy is cute as a button celebrating her mom’s 55th birthday last August.
Sweet sister
“Look who’s feeding Hope!” Kotb wrote on his Instagram in May 2019, showing Haley feeding her newborn Hope.
Friends for life
Katie Lee Giffordclose friend of Hoda and former longtime co-host of Today, met Hope early May and they were all smiles all day.
A full room
In April, the 55-year-old entertainer shared a photo of her entire family on Instagram for the first time, writing: “It’s us xo.”
Welcome Hope Catherine!
Birthday girl
On Valentine’s Day, the TV host celebrated Haley’s second birthday and common on Instagram about how she felt, saying, “So much love today.”
Ho-Ho Home
The radiant TV personality spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.
Queen bees
Haley celebrated her second Halloween by twinning with her mom in matching bee costumes.
The apple of his eye
In August 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent a fall day together picking apples.
Splash
“I can’t believe I get to do this… #grateful” she wrote on the occasion of his 54th birthday.
Proud mom
On Mother’s Day, Today co-presenter Hoda laid with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, as she sported a cute t-shirt with the word “mommy.”
Mother’s Day Duo
“Pre-dawn photo shoots in bed are awesome” springs the happy mom in a cute Insta selfie at the start of Mother’s Day.
Sixtieth Surprise
In March 2018, the Oklahoma native famous partner Joel Schiffmanwith their little daughter and a homemade cake.
Post-Olympic happiness
“Home!!!!!” announcement the TV host on Instagram after spending two weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Pre-Olympic shenanigans
The day before arriving in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV personality I had fun with her little darling and her USA hat.
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