The 60-year-old journalist spoke with PEOPLE on the 'Today' Plaza after a massive televised 'Hoda-Bration' commemorated her final day

It’s the end of an era as Hoda Kotb signs off as Today co-anchor. Friday was Kotb’s last day, and while there was plenty of news to deliver — the Los Angeles County fires, Jimmy Carter’s funeral — it was also very much 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,