Hoda Kotb looks to be throwing in her wineglass on the fourth hour of “Today” and following Kathie Lee Gifford out the door! Although Hoda cried crocodile tears when Kathie Lee announced her departure, sources said she was secretly steamed at having to sit with Kathie Lee until she officially leaves in April and wants a clean break! “Hoda is over buddying up with Kathie Lee, as well as the whole format of the show,” snitched a source. Read on for details of Hoda’s growing dissatisfaction with “Today,” and click here for more TV talk-show gossip….
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“A few days after Kathie Lee’s announcement, Hoda went to the honchos and said, ‘I quit,’" the source claimed. “It’s caused a
huge panic at NBC, as they can’t lose all of their most famous faces in just a few months.
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“At the very least, Hoda wants to give up the fourth hour of ‘Today,’ and they’re scrambling to find a way to make her stay,” the source continued. Hoda and Kathie Lee began co-hosting “Today’s” fourth hour together in April 2008 and grew as close as sisters.
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Now, according to sources,
Hoda has stopped lunching with Kathie Lee, and the two women no longer socialize. Insiders said Hoda, who started out as a correspondent on “Dateline NBC” in 1998, likes her job and the network’s feeling is mutual.
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But she’s also started to feel as if she belongs to a light entertainment club, swilling wine with Kathie Lee, and that producers need to refocus the fourth hour. “Internally at NBC News," a source added, "Kathie Lee will not be missed,"
“A few days after Kathie Lee’s announcement, Hoda went to the honchos and said, ‘I quit,’" the source claimed. “It’s caused a
huge panic at NBC, as they can’t lose all of their most famous faces in just a few months.
“At the very least, Hoda wants to give up the fourth hour of ‘Today,’ and they’re scrambling to find a way to make her stay,” the source continued. Hoda and Kathie Lee began co-hosting “Today’s” fourth hour together in April 2008 and grew as close as sisters.
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Now, according to sources,
Hoda has stopped lunching with Kathie Lee, and the two women no longer socialize. Insiders said Hoda, who started out as a correspondent on “Dateline NBC” in 1998, likes her job and the network’s feeling is mutual.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But she’s also started to feel as if she belongs to a light entertainment club, swilling wine with Kathie Lee, and that producers need to refocus the fourth hour. “Internally at NBC News," a source added, "Kathie Lee will not be missed,"
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