Kotb left 'Today' on Friday, Jan. 10, after 17 years on the air Hoda Kotb may have bid farewell to the Today show, but that doesn't mean she isn't still friends with Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie.
Hoda Kotb may have left the Today studio for good on January 10, but it seems that she can't give up her old colleagues, Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie. See details.
"Totally ignoring us," Savannah captioned the tongue-in-cheek image. It's been a busy time for Savannah, who recently said goodbye to her good friend and co-star, Hoda Kotb, who left the show after 17 years, seven of which alongside Savannah as her co-anchor.
We go in and we sit on the set and there are these trays,” Guthrie joked, explaining that in the trays for their personal items, Kotb had left, “like, one contact and, like, expired
Savannah Guthrie says she threw away Hoda Kotb’s “s–t” after she departed the “Today” show last week. Guthrie recalled finding the various beauty products and items left behind by her former co-anchor while appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” with Craig Melvin Wednesday.
Jenna Bush Hager is saying goodbye to her partner in crime. On Jan. 10, Hoda Kotb will mark her final day on NBC's Today show, where she co-hosts the 7-9 a.m. hours with Savannah Guthrie and the 10 a.m. hour with Bush Hager. And, after five years of Hoda & Jenna, Bush Hager admits her pal's departure has her feeling "very bittersweet."
In honor of their last show together, Bush Hager read an emotional letter about their time as co-hosts. Kotb’s family and friends were in the audience — including her two daughters Haley 7, and Hope, 5, sister, brother, sister-in-law, nieces and her closest friends.
Jenna Bush Hager was the subject of a quench-tion on “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” The category " Thirst Traps " came up during a recent episode of the Prime Video series. “With the help of Hoda Kotb & a hairdryer, this TODAY show book guru posted a thirst trap to celebrate 1 million followers,” host Colin Jost read.
Bush Hager, 43, was part of a clue on Pop Culture Jeopardy! in January 2025 which read, "With the help of Hoda Kotb and a hairdryer, this Today Show book guru posted a thirst trap to celebrate 1 million followers."
The presents from Savannah Guthrie didn't stop at pom poms. Guthrie, who has gotten to know Hoda Kotb quite well to the point she wasn't surprised by her retirement announcement. The Today Show host gifted her colleague some other personal items, one of which was symbolic of her future days of sleeping in. As she put it:
The 'Today' co-host had to define a "thirst trap" after her seductive photo shoot from 2022 became a part of the quiz show fronted by Colin Jost
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager both ... want to say thanks,” Kotb told Guthrie and the rest of the “Today” co-hosts in an emotional segment. Bush Hager pre-taped a heartwarming video to ...