Sipping champagne is the only way for Hoda Kotb to spend her last day as a “Today” anchor. After all, it was she and Kathie Lee Gifford who made daytime drinking popular on morning television.

In the lead-up to her departure, Kotb told PEOPLE she received memorabilia and gifts all week long from fans and colleagues. “I love it — I'm taking it, I'm wearing it, I'm drinking it ...

Savannah Guthrie will always have a special place in Hoda Kotb’s heart — and ... became a better mother every day because you got to be there.’” Lily Allen Said She “Can’t Concentrate ...

Kathie Lee Gifford surprised her former co-host, Hoda Kotb ... final toast to Kotb. “I think what I want to send her off with, which is what she knows from my heart means the most to me ...

You bring it every day ... She continued, "Thank you Hoda for everything you have taught me, everything you've given me: all the hugs, all the heart all the laughs, all the love." Kotb's last ...

"I fell in love with Hoda," Gifford said of her tenure on the show, calling her former co-anchor "sunshine in a bottle." Gifford then offered a prayer for Kotb's next chapter as she joined Hager ...

"They've just been like, Wednesdays — every day ... had heart-to-hearts before. They spoke with their mutual friend Maria Shriver on an episode of "Making Space with Hoda Kotb." She also spoke ...

“So, every day, we do the same ... it’s the same day,” she added. “But it’s awesome, it’s the most awesome day ever.” Hoda Kotb's daughters wear matching shirts Though the pair ...

Just a few months later, Kotb was joined by Kathie Lee Gifford, with the fourth hour taking on its own life as “Kathie Lee & Hoda ... she made the essential feel approachable. She led with heart ...

Savannah Guthrie will always have a special place in Hoda Kotb’s heart — and now ... Kotb told PEOPLE she received memorabilia and gifts all week long from fans and colleagues. “I love it — I'm taking ...