Hoda Kotb Turns off Morning Alarm AfterTodayExit as She Tells Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin ‘I’m Rooting for You’

Mar. 15, 2025

Hoda Kotb.Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

Hoda Kotbis no longer an early riser!

On Sunday, Jan. 12, Kotb, 60, posted ascreenshoton Instagram of her morning alarms turned off following her departure fromTodayafter 17 years.

“No alarm … whaaaaaaaattttt???” the former co-anchor wrote in the caption after exiting the show on Friday, Jan. 10.

The screenshot showed “No alarm” written at the top for the next morning and three alarms previously set from 3:00 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. every day with the button off on each — revealing Kotb’s old wake-up call times for the NBC morning show.

Hoda Kotb turns off her morning alarm after ‘Today’ exit.Hoda Kotb/Instagram

Hoda Kotb/Instagram

“Wake up in the morning … and knock ‘em dead @savannahguthrie @craigmelvinnbc xxx,” Kotb wrote in the caption, adding, “I am rooting for you ❤️❤️.”

Alongside Kotb’s message was a photo of Guthrie, 53, and Melvin, 45, posing together inside a room at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., while on location filming forToday.

Guthrie responded to Kotb in the comment section, “We love you so — in our hearts forever."

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Kotb posted a sweet message to her ex-colleagues Savannah Guthrie and Crag Melvin on Jan. 12.Hoda Kotb/Instagram

Kotb shared some more words of praise and encouragement to her former cohostJenna Bush Hagerin anotherposton Instagram.

“Jenna Bush Hager … I’m doing the arms right now,” Kotb wrote alongside a photo of Bush Hager, 43, smiling. “Sleep tight — then … tomorrow morning … Begin again … you are magic! @jennabhager.”

Kotb made her emotional exit onTodayon Friday, Jan. 10 with a massive “Hoda-Bration.” The former cohost announced sheplanned to leave her role on the showafter nearly two decades on Sept. 26.

Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager pictured in February 2023.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty

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