{"id":2060043,"date":"2025-09-30T16:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2060043"},"modified":"2025-09-30T16:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:58:19","slug":"hoda-kotb-desperate-to-return-to-today-but-savannah-guthrie-sees-her-as-a-threat-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hoda-kotb-desperate-to-return-to-today-but-savannah-guthrie-sees-her-as-a-threat-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb Desperate to Return to \u2018Today,\u2019 But Savannah Guthrie Sees Her as a \u2018Threat\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When <strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/hoda-kotb-confesses-she-hasn-211109480.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:left;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">left<\/a> the<i> Today<\/i>\u00a0show in January, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/hoda-kotb-leaving-today-show-rcna172812\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> she wanted to \u201ctry something new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Less than a year later, she\u2019s desperate to come back to her old job, sources exclusively tell <em>Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The journalist, 61, released a wellness platform and app, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joy101.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Joy 101;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Joy 101<\/a>, since her exit, but \u201cdownloads are flat\u201d and the brand\u2019s retreat weekends \u201caren\u2019t selling,\u201d an industry veteran tells <em>Star<\/em>. \u201cHoda\u2019s realizing she\u2019s shouting into the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans haven\u2019t flocked to her new project, agrees an NBC insider: \u201cIn TV, once you leave, you\u2019re quickly forgotten.\u201d<\/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\">YouTube\/TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mother of two \u2014 who released a new book, <em>Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life<\/em> on Tuesday, September 23 \u2014 is also missing her former <em>Today<\/em> team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe\u2019s smart and talented,\u201d says a former staffer. \u201cBut the truth is she also had an army. And that army works for NBC, not Hoda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Unfortunately for Kotb, the show has gone on without her. Her recent guest <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/hoda-kotb-surprises-jenna-bush-hager-on-today-set-but-colleagues-feel-its-time-for-her-to-move-on\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:appearance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">appearance<\/a> didn\u2019t move the ratings needle, says the NBC insider, and more importantly, <em>Today<\/em> star <strong>Savannah Guthrie<\/strong>, 53, is not so anxious to welcome her back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSavannah likes being the boss and Hoda\u2019s popularity always bothered her,\u201d says the NBC insider. Cohost <strong>Craig Melvin<\/strong> \u201cisn\u2019t a threat, but Hoda is.\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>When Hoda Kotb left the Today\u00a0show in January, she said she wanted to \u201ctry something new.\u201d Less than a year later, she\u2019s desperate to come back to her old job, sources exclusively tell Star. The journalist, 61, released a wellness platform and app, Joy 101, since her exit, but \u201cdownloads are flat\u201d and the brand\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2060044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[349957,24075,351836,350134],"class_list":["post-2060043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-hoda-kotb","tag-nbc","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-today-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hoda-Kotb-Desperate-to-Return-to-\u2018Today-But-Savannah-Guthrie.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2060044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}