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Craig Melvin ‘Never Thought’ He Would Be the Guy to Sit in Hoda Kotb’s Seat on ‘Today’


Craig Melvin 'never thought' he would be the guy to sit in Hoda Kotb's former seat at Today, revealing the job has been 'the professional honor of a lifetime.'

But then one day, I got the call that Hoda Kotb was leaving, and I just thought, Wow, this might actually be happening,” Craig, 45, told Moffly Media ‘s Samantha Yanks in an interview published on Monday, February 24. Just being part of Today is a full circle moment for the South Carolina native, who set his school schedule around watching the morning show as a teen. Her final Today telecast was on January 10 after the longtime NBC personality announced in September 2024 that she was leaving the show to spend more time with her young daughters.

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