{"id":2026610,"date":"2025-09-16T16:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026610"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:28:05","slug":"people-dont-want-to-pay-for-a-second-rate-guru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/people-dont-want-to-pay-for-a-second-rate-guru\/","title":{"rendered":"People \u2018Don\u2019t Want to Pay for a Second-Rate Guru\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former <em>Today<\/em> show darling <strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong>\u2019s big reinvention is already bombing \u2014 and friends fear she\u2019s on the road to becoming the \u201cnew <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong>\u201d as her Joy 101 wellness app gathers dust. \u201cDownloads are flat, courses are empty, and retreats aren\u2019t selling,\u201d one insider tells Straight Shuter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHoda is petrified she\u2019s becoming the Meghan Markle of daytime. Meghan left the royals, thinking her star power would carry her. Instead, she got mocked, overexposed and branded a flop. Hoda feels like she\u2019s in the exact same nightmare after walking away from <em>Today<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Insiders say Hoda is spiraling as critics pile on, blasting Joy 101 as \u201cgeneric\u201d and \u201cuninspired.\u201d Another source explains: \u201cPeople loved her as the bubbly cheerleader on Today, but they don\u2019t want to pay for a second-rate guru.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Today show darling Hoda Kotb\u2019s big reinvention is already bombing \u2014 and friends fear she\u2019s on the road to becoming the \u201cnew Meghan Markle\u201d as her Joy 101 wellness app gathers dust. \u201cDownloads are flat, courses are empty, and retreats aren\u2019t selling,\u201d one insider tells Straight Shuter. 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