Al Roker Retirement? TODAY Show Star Weighs His Future

Might Today Show viewers request to hole themselves for a 2nd large shake-up successful the adjacent future?

Just a fewer days ago, Hoda Kotb stunned fans of this greeting programme erstwhile she announced she would beryllium exiting her relation arsenic co-host connected January 1, 2025.

“I realized that it was clip for maine to crook the leafage astatine 60, and to effort thing new,” Kotb said connected air. “I decided that this is the close clip for maine to benignant of determination on.”

Al Roker speaks to the media astatine the Team USA Media Summit astatine Marriott Marquis Hotel connected April 16, 2024 successful New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images for the USOPC)

With Kotb’s colleagues reacting to this news by honoring the newsman via a fig of statements, the attraction has present turned to different property who has been portion of the TODAY formed for years.

Might Al Roker discontinue immoderate clip soon?!?

“You cognize erstwhile you know,” the beloved weatherman simply told People Magazine of this large determination portion astatine the archetypal Food & Wine Classic successful Charleston.

“That was the benignant of the beauteous happening for Hoda. You adjacent look at…Joe Biden. It’s like, everybody has a crushed that they determine it’s clip to go.”

Al Roker attends the premiere of “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” astatine AMC Lincoln Square Theater connected March 14, 2024 successful New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Roker can’t accidental for definite erstwhile he’ll marque his last forecast, however.

“I don’t consciousness similar that’s my clip yet, but who knows. Maybe a twelvemonth oregon two. Maybe not, but I’m enjoying it. I emotion this,” the 70-year aged continued. “You don’t get disconnected the bid until the past stop.”

Back successful 2020, Roker revealed helium had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Thankfully, however, the weatherman has recovered and his wellness doesn’t request to beryllium considered close present erstwhile it comes to his future.

Al Roker attends Project Healthy Mind’s World Mental Health Day Gala astatine Spring Studios connected October 10, 2023 successful New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Roker told People helium is “just truthful thrilled for [Kotb] that I can’t perchance consciousness immoderate sadness” days aft she shared the quality of her departure.

The long-time big volition soon person a accidental to walk a batch much clip with her young children.

She’ll besides beryllium remaining wrong the NBC family, adjacent aft she peaces retired from TODAY.

“I’m precise fortunate successful that I’ve watched my kids turn up,” Roker told People.

“Especially erstwhile Courtney was younger, I was successful section news, truthful I was location successful the greeting with my kids. But she’s got 2 young daughters, Haley and Hope…

“Those moments, those kids turn up. I mean, it’s cliché, but due to the fact that it’s true. It’s similar you blink. So I recognize precisely wherefore she did it.”