Hoda Kotb admits she’s ‘terrified’ of next episode after leaving ‘Today’

Hoda Kotb admits she’s a little scared of what awaits her next leave the “Today” program.

“Yes, it’s scary. It’s terrifying. It’s all of those things, but it’s also exactly the right thing to do,” the 60-year-old news anchor said. said on “Today with Hoda and Jenna” Friday.

Kotb explained that 75 percent of her has moved on “emotionally,” but the other part of her is still coming to terms with her decision because she’s still at NBC and hasn’t fully begun her next chapter.

However, the longtime “Today” show host, who worked on the morning news show for 26 years, said she decided to “fall in love” with the idea of ​​a new beginning.

“Every time I took a jump, a movement, a leap, it was like I was falling in love,” he explained. “When I moved to this cityI’m falling in love. “I’m going to fall in love with a place, a restaurant, a friend, I’m going to meet a boyfriend.”

Kotb compared his new beginning to “transplanting” a plant, in which you are “plucked from your roots, your foundation, everything that sustains you and your roots are in the air.”

He has even wondered where he will “land” before realizing that “a big part of life is making decisions.”

Kotb concluded: “When you love something, it’s hard to say goodbye to it because it doesn’t make sense, but there was something for me about recognizing a peak and saying at that peak, like, ‘I don’t feel like there’s anything you like.’ an opportunity that would make this much better than it is today.”

“Once that feeling hits you, it’s like this is it. I don’t want to spend the rest of my days trying to recreate the top of the mountain. It was glorious. It was unforgettable.”

Kotb shared elsewhere in the show On Friday, her plans are to work on wellness as part of her next chapter.

“I want to work in that space. I want to start things. I have things that are leaking inside… but I want you to join me on the journey because we all get better! “Why not?” said the presenter.

In September, Kotb He cried explaining why He made the “difficult” decision to leave his full-time television job.

“I just turned 60 and it was such a monumental moment for me when I turned 60 because I started thinking about that decade. Like, ‘What does that decade mean? What does it contain? What is it going to have for me?’” said the renowned journalist during the live broadcast.

A source added to Page Six at the time: “It’s heartbreaking for everyonebut Hoda wants to be able to accompany her children to school.”

The source added at the time that NBC executives were still trying to figure out how to include Kotb in some of their future projects in “some capacity,” whether with interview specials or their “Today”-adjacent podcast.

However, other insiders also told Page Six last month that Kotb’s decision was not rash and that she had been “Contemplating it for a long time.”

Still, a source noted: “People were shocked. “It’s still very impactful.”