Craig Melvin was so shocked by news of Hoda Kotb's Today show exit that he thought the decision to leave wasn't hers. "My dressing room is two over from hers, and she knocks on my door one morning, which was unusual.

Savannah Guthrie explained that she threw away several odd items Hoda Kotb left on the 'Today' show set after her exit

Out with the old! Savannah Guthrie wanted her new cohost Craig Melvin to make himself at home as he took on Hoda Kotb’s position on Today after she retired, but first that meant getting rid of some stuff the mom of two left behind.

The presents from Savannah Guthrie didn't stop at pom poms. Guthrie, who has gotten to know Hoda Kotb quite well to the point she wasn't surprised by her retirement announcement. The Today Show host gifted her colleague some other personal items, one of which was symbolic of her future days of sleeping in. As she put it:

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Hoda Kotb hit snooze on her alarm on Monday, January 13, when she realized she did not have to wake up early to head to the Today studio. Hoda, 60, shared a photo of the alarms turned off on her phone on Sunday,

Savannah Guthrie says she threw away Hoda Kotb’s “s–t” after she departed the “Today” show last week. Guthrie recalled finding the various beauty products and items left behind by her former co-anchor while appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” with Craig Melvin Wednesday.

We go in and we sit on the set and there are these trays,” Guthrie joked, explaining that in the trays for their personal items, Kotb had left, “like, one contact and, like, expired

Famed weatherman Al Roker added his own social media photo montage, filled with images from the past two decades that showed he and Hoda Kotb have been friends and colleagues for a long time. He included a sweet message in the caption, too, joking about what she'll do with her mornings now. (Hopefully she sleeps in!)

There wasn't a dry eye in Studio 1A on Friday as host Hoda Kotb bid farewell to her Today Show family. After a nearly three-decade career at NBC News, Hoda decided to hang up her chic blazers to forge a career in wellness and focus on raising her two daughters,

Hoda Kotb is no longer an early riser! On Sunday, Jan. 12, Kotb, 60, posted a screenshot on Instagram of her morning alarms turned off following her departure from Today after 17 years. “No alarm … whaaaaaaaattttt?

He'd spent all day Sunday with Guthrie in Tampa for the Sunday Night Football game, then stayed up until 11 p.m. to watch his favorite team, the Washington Commanders, win the game. His first-day, back-to-school jitters started with rising at 3:45 a.m. for his hour commute to 30 Rock.