Hoda Kotb breaks down in tears as Jason Segel makes touching remark on her shock Today show exit

Hoda Kotb broke down crying arsenic Jason Segel made a heartwarming remark connected her upcoming exit from the Today show.

The seasoned anchorwoman, 60, announced successful September that she volition measurement distant from her co-hosting presumption connected Today aboriginal adjacent year.

DailyMail.com reported then that she was withdrawing from the occupation to walk much clip with her young daughters, which she aboriginal publically confirmed.

But the taxable of her departure near her successful tears during her Wednesday greeting interrogation with Jason, 44, of How I Met Your Mother fame.

As they concluded their conversation, Jason told Hoda: 'I'm gonna miss you erstwhile you're gone. I conscionable privation you to know, these interviews person been immoderate of the champion of my full career, truthful I’m truly grateful to cognize you.'

Hoda was visibly moved, whispering: 'Wow,' and placing a manus adjacent her bosom arsenic her eyes swam with tears. 

'Thanks,' she added successful a choked-up voice, giving Jason an affectionate pat connected the limb and thumping 1 ft connected the level successful an effort to incorporate her emotions portion turning the amusement implicit to her co-host Savannah Guthrie. 

The touching infinitesimal comes aft Hoda revealed that she decided to permission Today erstwhile she reflected connected however she wanted to walk her 60s.

She explained that her 2 daughters were the main crushed she chose to permission her presumption due to the fact that she wanted to walk much clip with them, successful a screen communicative for People magazine.

Hoda that she struggled with wanting to beryllium with her kids and wanting to beryllium fantabulous astatine her job, but recovered it hard to juggle both.

She is parent to 2 daughters, Haley Joy, seven, and Hope Catherine, 4 - some of whom she adopted.

'There's this guilt you transportation due to the fact that you can't beryllium 100% astatine enactment and 100% astatine home. Something has to springiness if you privation excellence. If you're going to beryllium fantabulous astatine work, thing has to springiness astatine home.'

Hoda continued: 'And if you privation to beryllium fantabulous astatine home, I mean excellent, and bash each the things, thing has to springiness astatine work. It can't beryllium equal.' 

'I knew I wanted this decennary to beryllium different. I looked astatine my clip similar a pie. I was like, this is however overmuch clip I get, and present what americium I going to bash with it and however americium I  going to carve it up?' Hoda said.

Adding: 'And I wanted it to beryllium filled with much of them.' 

Hoda announced she was leaving the Today amusement successful an announcement connected September 26 - aft 17 years arsenic a Today Show co-host for the 10 americium hr and 25 years astatine NBC. 

She is leaving her presumption successful aboriginal 2025. 

The prima said she began reasoning astir what she wanted to bash adjacent successful beingness aft turning 60, asking herself what it would look like. 

'I similar adventure, I similar caller beginnings. I'm a sunrise idiosyncratic and not a sunset person, and I was wondering, what does it look similar for me?' 

One of the things Hoda is looking guardant to is taking her daughters to school.

The big said she's had to aftermath up astatine 3:30 americium each time including weekends for her occupation - which means she would get bushed by 9 pm.

'I'm not going to beryllium playing bushed the timepiece each the clip anymore,' she said. 

Hoda and her daughters moved retired of the Upper West Side successful Manhattan, present living successful a location successful Westchester, wherever the prima says she has a plaything acceptable and a yard.

Hoda's youngest girl Hope had a aesculapian situation successful February 2023, which she chosen not to disclose, which besides led to her determination to move them retired of the city.

'We're successful a spot wherever Hope is thriving. She is improving, we're watching her, and I deliberation that arsenic clip goes on, we'll person a amended grip connected it, but we're already seeing large differences,' she told the outlet.

'We person truly fantabulous care, I person radical who are helping america out. I consciousness similar she is uncovering dependable footing,' she added.