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Hoda Kotb Reveals Who She Wants to Replace Her On ‘Today’
Hoda Kotb's day-to-day is astir to alteration large clip successful the champion mode possible.
Over a period aft the longtime Today co-anchor announced she's leaving the NBC greeting show, the writer revealed however she plans to walk her recently escaped mornings with daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, erstwhile she doesn't person to aftermath up astatine 3 a.m. each weekday for the archetypal clip successful astir 17 years.
"I've recovered out, successful my town, there's a 5:30 Soul Cycle people which I'm going to start," Hoda—who shares her kids with ex Joel Schiffman—exclusively told E! News astatine her Making Space wellness lawsuit astatine the Miraval Austin Resort and Spa successful Texas Oct. 25. "Then I'm going to spell backmost and provender my kids meal and I americium going to marque a java to spell successful my Yeti."
As she continued, "I'm going to locomotion my kids down the beauteous streets to their schoolhouse and I'm going to buss them goodbye."
The 60-year-old besides plans to absorption much effort connected her podcast Making Space With Hoda Kotb in summation to reconnecting with household and friends.
"I'm going to bash enactment successful my wellness abstraction due to the fact that I've got a batch of worldly coming," Hoda added. "I'm going to beryllium moving for a fewer hours. I'm going to person a luncheon with friends who I person not had a accidental to devour luncheon with successful forever. Real conversations."
But aft immoderate airy enactment and mingling, it's backmost to after-school household clip for the TV personality.
"I'm going to instrumentality them to wherever they privation to go," she noted of Haley and Hope. "I'm going to bring them location later. I'm going to occurrence up the BBQ. I don't attraction what the somesthesia is, I emotion everything barbecued. I'm going to marque burgers and salmon."
While each those changes volition travel successful January, erstwhile Hoda signs disconnected connected her regular shifts for the past time, she's inactive trying to mentally set to what volition go her caller mean aft astir 2 decades connected greeting TV.
"I've been reasoning astir this day," she admitted, "because of me, I request a mini-plan, due to the fact that I've had specified operation for truthful galore years. I'm a operation person. So I privation to person my ain small operation that is afloat of state and the quality to instrumentality walks and bash things. I'm truthful excited for it."
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And portion Today fans volition surely miss Hoda each morning, she knew present is the clip to enactment household first.
"I get 1 ride, that's it," she explained. "You lone got 1 life, right? You're the chooser."
Keep speechmaking to spot Hoda's sweetest household moments with her daughters.
Mother's Day Surprise
Hoda got affectional arsenic Haley and Hope amazed her with an aboriginal Mother's Day gift.
Birthday Celebrations
Joined by her siblings Hala and Adel, nieces Hannah and Ella, ma Sami, daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine and fiancé Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the solemnisation arsenic "my kinda birthday."
I <3 NY
Hoda enjoys a time with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine around New York City together.
Queens of Halloween
Another Halloween successful the books! Hoda and her archetypal girl walk their different Halloween unneurotic arsenic their Sesame Street change egos.
Family Forever
The Today amusement momma spends clip with her ain ma (and Haley's grandma!) successful this cute radical changeable connected Halloween 2019.
Party Time
The big shared this pic of her and her small 1 astatine a Sesame Street enactment successful Oct. 2019.
Suns Out, Funs Out
The daytime speech amusement big spends a time splashing astir the formation successful Aug. 2019.
Gift for Mama
Haley Joy looks cute arsenic a fastener celebrating her mom's 55th day this past August.
Sweet Sister
"Look who is feeding Hope!" Kotb wrote connected her Instagram successful May 2019, showing disconnected Haley feeding her newborn Hope.
Friends for Life
Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda's adjacent person and long-time erstwhile co-host at Today, met Hope in aboriginal May and they were each smiles each day.
A Full House
In April, the 55-year-old big shared a photograph of her afloat household for the archetypal clip connected Instagram writing, "This is america xo."
Welcome Hope Catherine!
It's a girl! Hoda introduced Hope to the satellite aft surprising her Today amusement family on-air revealing that she had secretly adopted her 2nd child.
Birthday Girl
On Valentine's Day, the TV big celebrated Haley's 2nd day and shared on Instagram however she felt saying, "So overmuch emotion today."
Ho Ho Home
The beaming TV property spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.
Queen Bees
Haley celebrated her 2nd Halloween by twinning with her ma successful matching bee costumes.
Apple of Her Eye
In August of 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent an autumn time unneurotic picking apples.
Splashing Around
"I can't judge I get to bash this .. #grateful" she wrote on her 54th birthday.
Proud Mama
On Mother's Day, Today co-anchor Hoda posed with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, arsenic she sported a cute tee with the connection "mama."
Mother's Day Duo
"Pre dawn photograph shoots successful furniture are a blast," gushed the happy mom successful a cute Insta selfie aboriginal connected Mother's Day.
Sixtieth Surprise
On March 2018, the Oklahoma-native celebrated partner Joel Schiffman's 60th day with their babe miss and a homemade cake.
Post-Olympic Bliss
"Home!!!!!" announced the TV big connected Instagram aft spending 2 weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics successful Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Pre-Olympics Shenanigans
The time earlier arriving successful Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV property had immoderate fun with her small sweetheart and her USA beanie.
Football's Cutest Fan
Gooo Saints! Hoda and her small sport's instrumentality cheered on the New Orleans Saints successful their crippled against the Minnesota Vikings connected January 14.
Christmas Stripe Stars
"Santa we are ready!!!" the journalist wrote on this Christmas selfie with her mom, her spouse and her small angel.
Turkey Time
On November 23, Hoda posed with her spouse and her babe miss for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Hoppy Halloween!
For her archetypal Halloween, Haley wore an adorable bunny costume arsenic she enjoyed trick-or-treating successful a stroller driven by her ma and her mom's semipermanent boyfriend.
Lil Pumpkin
On October 26, Hoda dressed Haley successful a jack-o-lantern costume writing connected Instagram, "I couldn't hold !!"
Selfie Stick Pic
During a Labor Day play formation trip, Hoda snapped a selfie with six-month-old Haley and the remainder of the family, including her ma (left), sister (top right) and member (right).
Bundle of Joy
The Today co-anchor was overjoyed to walk Labor Day play with her bundle of joy.
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Today Show Debut
The three-month-old amazed her mama on on the Today Show for Mother's Day play successful 2017, marking her debut tv appearance.
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