Ohhh…shut-down! Talk about Kathy Lee and Hoda getting put in their place during a cooking segment within the morning show's fourth hour last week. The two ladies were yammering on as per usual when the chef told the co-hosts to shut their pie-holes for once and listen (well, maybe not in those exact words, but you get the idea). Brace yourself for one of the most awkward talk show moments we've seen in a good while.
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Gee, all that outdoor noise during the Today Show outside Rockefeller Center. What will the neighbors think? "Cool it!" is what they think.As a result, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, hosts of the fourth hour of Today (Weekdays, 10 am/ET on NBC), have moved indoors permanently.The New York Daily News reports nearby offices complained that all that giggling and gossiping made too much noise during business hours. — J.R. Whalen
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Hoda Kotb, the coanchor of the fourth hour of NBC's Today show, announced today that she had a mastectomy earlier this year after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Kotb, who has been with NBC News since 1992, revealed her personal story Thursday morning on Today, sharing excerpts from a video diary she kept during the days before and after the surgery. "Cancer gave me the gift of being fearless," Kotb told colleague Ann Curry on Today, in the first of two segments presented today (the second is planned for Friday). "What I get from this whole horrible ordeal is 'You can’t scare me.'" Kotb said she was encouraged by a stranger she met on an airplane to share the experience with viewers. "I’m six months after a mastectomy and I feel great," she said. "There’s hope out there."At the end of the first part of the tear-filled segment, Kotb jokingly asked for makeup. —Reporting by Stephen Battaglio
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NBC is expected to announce on Tuesday that Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb will cohost the fourth hour of Today, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter. This added hour of the morning show, premiering Sept. 11, has been cleared in some 96 percent of the country and will air at 10 am/ET in most markets. Today proper's Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira will be MIA from the overextended portion, save for Lauer appearing briefly at the top of the hour to turn the show over to the new team.
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