Savannah Guthrie hints at exit from Today show after Hoda Kotb's shock departure announcement

Savannah Guthrie has hinted that her tenure connected the Today amusement whitethorn beryllium coming to an extremity pursuing Hoda Kotb's announcement of her exit from the greeting program.

While discussing Hoda's departure astatine the Project Healthy Minds' World Mental Health Day Gala connected Thursday, Savannah remarked to US Weekly, 'We're beloved friends and we person a batch of similarities.'

She added, 'We're fundamentally successful the aforesaid signifier of life,' which galore interpreted arsenic a subtle notation to her ain imaginable exit.

This speculation arises aft Hoda stunned viewers with her astonishment announcement successful September, stating that turning 60 had been a 'monumental moment' that prompted her to 'try thing new' aft 17 years starring the flagship show.

Additionally, sources person informed DailyMail.com that Today producers are actively trying to transportation Savannah to stay, arsenic they privation to debar 'overhauling everything' during this play of transition.

'Savannah's declaration is coming up adjacent twelvemonth and they privation to support her and volition beryllium doing thing they tin to proceed their narration with Savannah arsenic a means of not overhauling everything,' the root explained.

'The replacement volition beryllium from radical who are already determination alternatively than paying an outsider tons of wealth to beryllium with Savannah.'

Savannah reportedly signed a $7million a-year declaration with Today which was accrued to $8million and past again to an undisclosed magnitude successful 2020 aft bosses were impressed with her moderating of a municipality hallway with President Trump.

Hoda - who reportedly earns an estimated $8 cardinal a-year connected the amusement - not lone serves arsenic 1 of the main anchors alongside Savannah, but she besides cohosts her ain conception with Jenna Bush Hager, called Today with Hoda and Jenna. 

The insider noted that the last determination astir replacements volition yet beryllium up to the viewing public, depending connected which presenter the assemblage is much drawn towards.  

'Craig Melvin and Laura Jarrett are some connected apical of the database to beryllium the heir evident astatine this time,' the root continued. 

'NBC is looking to spot 1 of them successful Hoda's position, whomever the assemblage gravitates to much volition beryllium the astir apt replacement.

'The anchors would each emotion the accidental to instrumentality Hoda's spot, Sheinelle Jones would beryllium interested, but honestly everyone is championing for Laura oregon Craig.' 

The insider added that bosses are consenting to hold arsenic agelong arsenic it takes to marque an authoritative announcement and added that Hoda's replacement connected Today with Hoda and Jenna is much open. 

'There is much leeway with Jenna and who volition articulation her aft Hoda leaves,' she said. 

'It could beryllium a revolving doorway until idiosyncratic sticks, the occupation to articulation Jenna is going to beryllium a enactment successful advancement and could beryllium anyone astatine this point.'

Craig, 45, first joined MSNBC arsenic a daytime anchor successful 2011, and wrong his archetypal twelvemonth helium covered a slew of events including the Republican and Democratic nationalist conventions and predetermination night.

He began cohosting Today's Third Hour successful 2018, and soon aft quality deed that Hoda was leaving, fans were calling for him to regenerate her.  

Before her occupation astatine Today, Laura, 40 - the girl of erstwhile Obama medication authoritative Valerie Jarrett - worked astatine CNN, wherever she cohosted the amusement Early Start, which has since been renamed, CNN This Morning.

She joined NBC successful 2022 and is champion known for breaking the quality astir erstwhile President Donald Trump's blameworthy falsifying concern records verdict backmost successful May. 

Hoda was motivated to basal down by her 2 young daughters, but her conflict to find the aforesaid chemistry with Jenna arsenic she had with erstwhile cohost Kathie Lee Gifford, 71, was besides a driving factor.

The TV icon besides wrote a missive explaining her 'painful' determination to her colleagues, explaining further that marking her 60th day sparked a seismic 'shift' successful her life.

'As I constitute this, my bosom is each implicit the map,' Hoda said. 'I cognize I'm making the close decision, but it's a achy one. And you each are the crushed why. They accidental 2 things tin beryllium close astatine the aforesaid time, and I'm feeling that truthful profoundly close now. I emotion you and it's clip for maine to permission the show.

'My clip astatine NBC has been the longest nonrecreational emotion matter of my life. But lone due to the fact that you've been beside maine connected this twenty-six-year adventure. Looking back, the mathematics is nuts. 26 years astatine NBC News - Ten years astatine Dateline, 7 connected the 7 o'clock hour, sixteen connected the 10 o'clock hour.'

She continued: 'I'm picturing your faces and your families and each the ways you've lifted maine up and inspired me. That's my bosom singing. So galore of my nonrecreational relationships person go immoderate of my astir cherished friendships.'

She went connected to wage a bosom breaking tribute to her 'ride-or-die' Jenna Bush Hager and claimed she volition 'desperately' miss everyone she has worked with connected the fashionable greeting show.