What Katie Couric has texted Hoda Kotb for his show today exit

Katie Couric been keeping in touch with Feast Following her departure from the show today.

“I’ve texted her a couple of times and told her I hope she sleeps in,” Couric was told, 68, Weekly US On Thursday, March 6. Left Couric Today In 2006 after 15 years on the show to anchor CBS Night NewsBecome a first solo woman in history to anchor nightly news broadcast.

“Someone asked me earlier today for leaving the Today show, ”Couric said UsAdding that “change and new challenges keep life interesting and exciting.”

He shared, “If you do something too long, he starts to feel old no matter how exciting the job can be. So I was Exciting to hoda – anchored the Today Show for 15 years – to go and try new things and challenge itself and, you know, you will be in different locations. I’m very excited about her. “

Related: Hoda Kotb enjoys dropping girls at school after leaving ‘today’

Courtesy of Hoda Kotb/Instagram Hoda Kotb spends her first week away from today exactly how she said: would spend quality time with her children. Kotb, 60, shared beloved hips of herself dropping her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 5, away at school via Instagram on Tuesday, January 14. “Dropping school !!! Let’s gooooo! ”Hi (…)

Kotb, 60, announced her departure from Today In September 2024 after nearly 30 years with NBC.

“I turned 60, and it was such a commemorative moment when I turned 60 because I started thinking about that decade, like, what does that decade mean? What does he have? What is it for me? ”The host announced tearfully at the time. “And I realized it was time for me to turn the page at 60 and try something new.”

He referred to wanting to spend more time with her daughters, Haley and Hope, which he shares with ex-fathers Joel Schiffmanas a big reason for her decision to walk away from the program.

“I got my kiddos late in life, and thought they deserved a bigger piece of my time, the pie I have,” he explained. “I feel like we only have a limited time. And so, with all that being said, it’s the hardest thing in the world. “

Related: Hoda Kotb explains why she doesn’t have a ‘bomb’ after his exit ‘today’

Hoda Kotb has no repentance for his recent show exit today. “I don’t have a bomb, which is so funny because I knew 100 (percent). I don’t have an ounce of it, ”Kotb, 60, told us Weekly at Runway for New York City Fashion Show Recovery in the Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers, on Thursday, February (…)

NBC scrum -half she was told only Us At the time Kotb’s exit was a “huge blow” for the series. “She is the person that everyone loves,” said the inside Us. “She’s the one off camera as she is on camera, and I think it’s the hardest thing because everyone can’t be said.”

Couric also admitted Us that while still watching “some” of the Today Show, she doesn’t eat almost as much of the early show as she used to.

“Honestly, in the morning I’m usually up and out. And to be honest with you, like so many people, I get a lot of my content digitally, ”explained to Us. “So I am, but not consistent, not as I used to, and not as I did when I was on it.”

With reports by Mandi Decamp