Hoda Kotb Changes Answer When Asked About Replacing Kelly Clarkson on Her Talk Show: 'I'm a Never-Say-Never Person'

Hoda Kotb is clearing up any confusion relating to these Kelly Clarkson speak present rumors.

Throughout an look on the Thursday, June 5 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Kotb, 60, was requested by an viewers member in regards to the recent reports suggesting she was going to be changing Clarkson, 43, on her eponymous daytime speak present.

“I heard the rumors that you just may be beginning a daytime speak present,” the fan mentioned, earlier than asking, “Is that one thing you’ll ever take into account doing?”

“Are you speaking in regards to the Kelly Clarkson rumor?” Kotb clarified, because the viewers member confirmed her inquiry.

Kotb responded, “I really feel like Kelly is in a class all by herself. My entire factor with speak exhibits and all that stuff, I’m a never-say-never particular person.” 

“You don’t know what life’s gonna carry you. However, at this second, I’m having such enjoyable with the trip that I’m on,” the previous At the moment anchor continued, whereas acknowledging that TV was her “old flame.”

Kotb mentioned goodbye to her anchor place on the At the moment present in January after 17 years. 

The mom of two then returned to the NBC morning present to debate her new wellness enterprise, Pleasure 101, on Could 28. Whereas Kotb was in Studio 1A, her At the moment substitute, Craig Melvin, didn’t move up the chance to query her in regards to the Clarkson claims.

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As Melvin requested Kotb if there was any fact to the story, she responded to her former co-anchors, “Do y’all assume — I need to ask y’all a actual query — do you assume if I ever got here again to TV, are you aware the place the one place I might ever come again to is?”

“Proper right here. That is the spot,” she insisted, shutting the rumors down, including, “Delete, not true.”

Savannah Guthrie teased her pal, saying, “I assumed you have been as a result of I do know you’ve been taking part in your guitar and singing a lot currently, and I assumed you have been prepared for some Hodaoke,” referencing Clarkson’s common “Kellyoke” phase. 

Kotb assured her that wasn’t the case, including that she was about to go on Clarkson’s present “only for enjoyable,” referencing her look earlier this week.

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Kotb’s feedback come after she informed PEOPLE final month that she stepped down from her At the moment position as a result of her daughter, Hope, 6, was recognized with sort 1 diabetes in 2023.

The information character mentioned, “I actually needed to and wanted to be right here to look at over her. So, every time she wants something, and it will probably occur at night time, a number of occasions, I’m up — I’m up up up.”