For many, the news ofHoda Kotb’s exit from NBC’sThe Today Showis still a shock, with her17-year-long run as one of America’s friendliest morning facescoming to a sad end following her 60th birthday. However, the shocks might be set to continue, with anotherToday Showveteran,Carson Daly, suggesting the time in his career might also be ticking. Speaking withThe Daily Mail, the orange room anchor discussed that the exit for him after an eleven-year stint on the show might be on the horizon, saying:
“Wow, I cannot wait to get off television! I still see Jay Leno on TV and I’m like, ‘Why?’ No, I am… I am looking to cut back. I lost my dad when I was 5, so my time with my kids is the most precious. That’s what I think about Hoda, I’m happy for her, she’s gonna get more time. Walking your kids to school is way more important.”
However, this decision isn’t to be made lightly, with a massive shift in any career destined to have ramifications that must be carefully considered. Daly is an intelligent person and one who will weigh up all the options in front of him before making an important call. Althoughspending more time with his familyis of course, pivotal, it might prove impossible for Daly to drag himself away from the undeniable chemistry theTODAYteam has, something he also discussed in the aforementioned interview:
“There’s a saying that goes, ‘you may’t fake the funk,’ and I think people ask me about The Voice on NBC, they ask me all the time – when we find our coaches – ‘How do you find the right coaching panel for chemistry?’ Chemistry is an impossible thing to cast, and when you have it and when you get it, it’s really the most beautiful thing. And what you see on the Today show is an undeniable family chemistry that is just organic. God made it that way for this time and all of our lives to be working together and that’s the simple answer.”
Hoda Kotb’s Exit From ‘The Today Show’ Was an Emotional Decision
The news that Kotb would be leavingTODAYmade many upset, with thecomfort and joy brought by the veteran over many years on the NBC show sure to be missed. However, similar to Daly’s potential reasoning, it’s impossible to argue with the opportunity to spend more time with family, something that even the most saddened of supporters will respect in Kotb’s decision-making. I knew that I wanted this decade to be different," Kotb said in an interview withPEOPLE, “I looked at my time like a pie. I was like, ‘This is how much time I get, and now what am I going to do with it and how am I going to carve it up?’ And I wanted it to be filled with more of them.”
Carson Daly might be the next to leaveThe Today Show. you’re able to watchTODAYon NBC and stream it on Peacock.
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