Jason Segel makes Hoda Kotb cry with heartfelt exit comments on “At This Time.”

Jason Segel It's just as emotional Hoda Kotb'S Today features exit news like his NBC co-anchors.

“I’m going to miss you when you’re gone,” Segel, 44, told Kotb, 60, after discussing Season 2 of his Apple TV+ series. contraction on Wednesday, October 16, episode of Today. “I just want you to know that these interviews are some of the best of my entire career. So I’m really grateful to meet you.”

Kotb, who called Segel “my friend” at the start of the conversation, was touched by the actor's comments. The TV presenter appeared teary-eyed and with a lump in her throat as she tossed it to her co-host. Savannah Guthrie.

“What's going on? Wait, go back to the hug. There's a big hug,” Guthrie, 52, said to the camera. Guthrie followed Kotb and Segel's example and lovingly hugged her next interviewee. Eddie Redmayne. “Look, take Hoda and Jason.”

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The news of Hoda Kotb's departure from At This Time is bittersweet for her co-hosts. “I just turned 60 and it was a monumental moment for me when I turned 60 because I started thinking about this decade: What does this decade mean? What does it contain? What will it have for me? Kotb, (…)

Before the commercial break, the camera panned to show Kotb and Segel lovingly hugging each other.

Kotb surprised fans by announcing that he was leaving the morning show after working at NBC for nearly three decades Today. “I just turned 60 and it was a monumental moment for me when I turned 60 because I started thinking about this decade and asking myself, 'What does this decade mean?' What does it contain? What's the point of this for me?'” she explained through tears while her co-hosts were by her side. “And I realized it was time to turn the page on 60 and try something new.”

Kotb attributed this to her daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, whom she shares with her ex-fiancé. Joel Schiffmanfor his major influence on his decision to leave the program. “I had my children at an older age and thought they deserved a bigger piece of my time, the pie that I have. “I feel like we only have a limited amount of time,” he said. “And besides, this is the hardest thing in the world.”

Kotb is ready to go Today early next year, but will remain within the NBC family for future projects.

It is unknown who will take Kotb's place as Guthrie's co-host and Jenna Bush Hager'S Today with Hoda and Jenna Co-host. However, an NBC source revealed this exclusively We weekly last month that NBC Laura Jarrett is one of the main competitors.

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Hoda Kotb is feeling the love from fans after announcing she will soon be leaving the show At This Time after 26 years on NBC. “Happy Friday… thanks for the lovely posts and notes. I read them all,” Kotb, 60, wrote via Instagram on Friday, September 27. “It’s almost too much for my heart (…)”

“She is the anchor of Weekend today; She’s a lawyer like Savannah,” the source revealed. “She is a charmer Today shows who has risen very quickly. …The other possibility is that they could move around the anchors. could put Craig (Melvin) with Savannah, or they could say it Sheinelle (Jones) with Savannah.”

Earlier this month, Guthrie told exclusively Us that Kotb had been talking to her about leaving the show for “years,” adding that she found out about Kotb’s decision “the Monday before the world knew.”

And she added: “She called me and the first thing I said to her was, 'I'm proud of you.' I love you, you are amazing. And no matter where we sit, we will always be next to each other.'”

Since he announced it Today outlet, Kotb has received support from followers and celebrities alike. “When you made your decision, I said 'Yes!' said. I said: “Yes!” And my God, I'm sorry for all of us in this country who will miss you and especially (Savannah),” friend of Kotb Mariska Hargitay He gushed on the Oct. 1 episode of At This Time, noting that he's “feel free to jump in at any time.”

Heinrich WinklerOn the Tuesday, October 15, episode, he praised Kotb and Bush Hager, 42, for “making every guest feel like they were the only guest.” Hoda and Jenna. “And I just want to say on behalf of my wife: Stacy (Weitzman) “And I will miss you, just like the United States will miss you,” he told Kotb. “Thank you for always welcoming me. There is a chemistry between you two that will be very difficult to fulfill. That's the truth.”