'People Were Sobbing' at Today When Kathie Lee Gifford Announced Her Exit, Source Says

Kathie Lee Gifford will be sorely missed at the Today show.
Gifford, who has hosted the NBC morning show’s popular fourth hour alongside Hoda Kotb for the last decade, announced Tuesday that she’ll be leaving the show in April 2019 after celebrating her 11-year anniversary.
The news, which NBC News president Noah Oppenheim announced to staff in a memo earlier in the day, left the Today team reeling, according to a source.
“She always signed one-year contract