Before she became a national sensation, Hoda Kotb was an anchor at New Orleans station WWL-TV for six years in the 90s. Now, she is retiring after 20 year stint with NBC, where she was most recently a "Today" co-host with Jenna Bush Hager.

Special guests, including Simone Biles and Oprah Winfrey, offered tributes to the longtime host, capping off a week that “Today” had called a “Hoda-bration!”

Hoda Kotb, the co-host of NBC’s “Today,” signed off Friday, ending a nearly two-decade long run with the morning show. As part of her send-off, the program showed a retrospective of her time with “Today,