Hoda Kotb announces exit from ‘Today’ show after 26 years with NBC

Hoda Kotb is saying goodbye to “Today.”

The 60-year-old journalist announced Thursday morning that she’s leaving the NBC news program.

She’s been with NBC for 26 years.

“As I write this, my heart is all over the map,” she wrote in a letter to “Today” staff. “I know I’m making the right decision, but it’s a painful one. And you all are the reason why.”

“They say two things can be right at the same time, and I’m feeling that so deeply right now. I love you and it’s time for me to leave the show.”

Kotb shared the news in-person with her co-anchors Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Jenna Bush Hager, Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones.