Hoda Kotb Reunites with "Today"'s Savannah Guthrie to Host 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Rachel McRady, Hedy PhillipsNovember 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM 0 Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Hoda Kotb returned to cohost the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with her former Today cohost Savannah Guthrie Kotb has cohosted the parade since 2018, after stepping into the Today anchor role She left Today in January to focus on her daughters but has made several special appearances in the months since It's not Thanksgiving without Hoda Kotb! The former Today show anchor retur...
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Hoda Kotb returned to co-host the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with her former Today co-host Savannah Guthrie
Kotb has co-hosted the parade since 2018, after stepping into the Today anchor role
She left Today in January to focus on her daughters but has made several special appearances in the months since
It's not Thanksgiving without Hoda Kotb!
The former Today show anchor returned to her NBC family on Thursday, Nov. 27, to co-host the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast alongside her former co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
The two opened the event following Cynthia Erivo's performance and shared an embrace. Guthrie told Kotb, "It's so good to have you back where you belong."
The two wore their festive best, with Guthrie in a white and tan plaid coat and Kotb in a bright red coat with a white scarf. They danced along with the performances in Herald Square and kept the party going all morning long!
Cynthia Erivo, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Ahead of her appearance at Thursday's parade, Kotb, Guthrie and Al Roker — who is also hosting — teased their reunion as they gathered for a NBC read-through of the show.
Kotb has been co-hosting the annual parade since 2018, after she took over the Today anchor role from Matt Lauer.
The 61-year-old journalist stepped down from her role at the Today show in January, noting that she wanted to be there for her daughters Haley Joy, 8, and Hope Catherine, 6.
"It's really cool to just realize that there's so much more to life," Kotb told PEOPLE in May. "I wasn't able to bear witness to my kids' daily lives because of what I was doing.
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Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb host the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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While discussing her exit, Kotb opened up about the hardest part of leaving Today.
"[Guthrie] asked me, 'Tell me what it's like on the other side,'" Kotb recalled of her friend and co-host. "And I said, 'I'll tell you what I miss: I miss this.' I miss walking in a room and having an instant daily connection that you don't have to put on a calendar."
During the interview, she thought she would be sitting out the parade for the first time in many years. "I think this year we'll probably have everyone here and we'll get to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade," she said in May. "I don't know, it's weird, I don't think there's been a Thanksgiving in forever where I haven't [hosted]."
But Thanksgiving is certainly not the first time Kotb has returned to NBC since her January exit.
The former co-host has made several appearances on Today over the last 11 months for special one-off interviews, most recently when she interviewed comedian Jay Leno about his life as his wife Mavis' caretaker amid her dementia.
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Published: November 27, 2025 at 04:45PM on Source: MARIO MAG
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