Jason Segel makes Hoda Kotb break down in tears live on air

Hoda Kotb broke down in tears when Jason Segel made a heartwarming comment about her upcoming departure from the Today show.

The veteran presenter, 60, announced in September that she would be leaving her co-hosting role at Today early next year.

DailyMail.com then reported that she was retiring from her job to spend more time with her young daughters, which she later confirmed publicly.

But the subject of her departure left her in tears during her Wednesday morning interview with Jason, 44, of How I Met Your Mother fame.

As they concluded their conversation, Jason told Hoda, “I’m going to miss you when you’re gone. I want you to know that these interviews are some of the best of my entire career, so I’m very grateful to know you.”

Visibly moved, Hoda whispered, “Wow,” and placed a hand to her heart as her eyes swam with tears.

“Thanks,” she added in a choked voice, tapping Jason warmly on the leg and pounding one foot on the ground in an attempt to calm her emotions as she turned the show over to her co-host Savannah Guthrie.

The touching moment comes after Hoda revealed she decided to leave Today when she thought about how she wanted to spend her 60s.

She explained that her two daughters were the main reason she chose to leave her position, because she wanted to spend more time with them, in a cover story for People magazine.

Hoda said she struggled with wanting to be with her children and wanting to be excellent at her job, but found it difficult to combine the two.

She is the mother of two daughters, Haley Joy, seven, and Hope Catherine, four, both of whom she adopted.

‘There’s a sense of guilt that you carry with you because you can’t be 100% at work and 100% at home. If you want excellence, you have to give. If you want to be excellent at work, there has to be something to offer at home.”

Hoda continued, “And if you want to be excellent at home, I mean excellent, and do everything, then there has to be something to offer at work. It can’t be equal.’

The subject of her departure left her in tears during her Wednesday morning interview with Jason, 44, of How I Met Your Mother fame.

As they wrapped up their conversation, Jason told Hoda, “I’m going to miss you when you’re gone,” adding that he was “very grateful to know you.”

Visibly moved and surprised, Hoda whispered, “Wow,” and placed a hand to her heart as her eyes began to swim with tears

“Thanks,” she added in a choked voice, giving Jason an affectionate tap on the leg and pounding one foot on the ground in an attempt to keep her emotions at bay.

“I knew I wanted this decade to be different. I saw my time as a pie. I thought: this is how much time I get, and what am I going to do with it now and how am I going to divide it?’ Hoda said.

Adding, “And I wanted it to be filled with more of them.”

Hoda announced she would be leaving the Today show in an announcement on September 26 — after 17 years as co-host of the Today Show at 10 a.m. and 25 years at NBC.

She will resign from her position at the beginning of 2025.

The star said she started thinking about what she wanted to do next in her life after she turned 60, and wondered what that would look like.

Hoda is mother to two daughters, Haley Joy, seven, and Hope Catherine, four, both of whom she adopted

‘I like adventure, I like new beginnings. I’m a sunrise person and not a sunset person, and I asked myself, what does it look like for me?’

One of the things Hoda looks forward to is taking her daughters to school.

The host said she had to wake up at 3:30am every day, including weekends, for work – meaning she would be tired by 9pm.

“I’m not going to play ‘beat the clock’ all the time anymore,” she said.

Hoda and her daughters have moved from Manhattan’s Upper West Side and now live in a house in Westchester, where the star says she has a swing and a garden.

Hoda’s youngest daughter Hope suffered a medical crisis in February 2023, which she did not want to make public, which also led to her decision to move them out of town.

“We are in a place where Hope is flourishing. She’s improving, we’re watching her, and I think we’ll get a better handle on it as time goes on, but we’re already seeing big differences,” she told the outlet.

‘We really have excellent care, I have people who help us. “I feel like she has gained a foothold,” she added.