Why is Hoda Kotb leaving the Today show? All about Kotb’s departure announcement

Hoda Kotb announced Thursday that she would not be returning to the Today show after 17 years on the air. She explained how she wanted to spend time with her daughtersHoda Kotb announced that she will be leaving the Today show on Thursday, September 26 on air and revealed that she will not be returning to the morning show next year. She has been with the NBC network for 26 years and interviewed many big names like Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Kim Kardashian, Will Smith, Simone Biles, Jennifer Lopez, and others.She told viewers: “I just turned 60 and it was such a monumental moment for me because I started to think about that decade like what does that decade mean, what does it hold, what does it have for me and I realized it was time for me to turn the page at 60 and to try something new.”