Kotb's daughter Haley Joy, 7, stood with her entire second grade class at the plaza outside Today during the show's taping. As they broadcasted outside, Savannah Guthrie turned to Hoda Kotb and said,

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Kotb's daughter Haley Joy, 7, stood with her entire second grade class at the plaza outside Today during the show's taping. As they broadcasted outside, Savannah Guthrie turned to Hoda Kotb and said, "Lots to get through but Hoda, I see some our favorite second graders on the plaza."

Hoda Kotb is celebrating this holiday season in the suburbs — starting with Thanksgiving. “Happy thanksgiving from our family to yours xo,” Kotb, 60, wrote via Instagram on Friday, November 29, alongside a carousel of family photos from Thanksgiving dinner,

I think you know when you’re pretending, no matter what it is — and you start losing like who you are,” Kotb said.

Jenna Bush Hager is working through her conflicted emotions over Hoda Kotb ’s upcoming Today show exit. During the Tuesday, Dec. 3 episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, Bush Hager admitted that she was coping with her frustrations by teasing Kotb about journalist Gayle King, who is the NBC morning show’s competitor on CBS Mornings.

As Hoda Kotb prepares for her exit from Today, the star is getting candid about her time on the show after 26 years working for NBC. Speaking with co-host Jenna Bush Hager, the duo opened up about how they had to change when they joined the major news network.