Kotb previously hosted Today's fourth hour with Bush Hager for five years before departing the show in January 2025

She just can’t stay away! Two months after she retired from daytime television, Hoda Kotb paid a surprise visit to the Today studios, where she crashed the crew’s morning meeting. The official Today With Jenna & Friends Instagram shared a video of Kotb surprising Jenna Bush Hager,

Hoda Kotb appeared on the Today show, surprising viewers and maybe even a few of her co-stars. She departed as an anchor from NBC’s morning program earlier this year, after seven years as a main anchor and 18 years hosting Today’s fourth-hour program.