28-05-2025
Watch: Hoda Kotb calls 'Kelly Clarkson Show' rumors 'not true'
Hoda Kotb addressed reports she will replace Kelly Clarkson as host of the singer's talk show. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
May 28 (UPI) -- Hoda Kotb says the rumors of her replacing Kelly Clarkson on the singer's talk show are "not true."
Kotb, a television personality who left Today in January after 17 years as host, addressed the reports during her first return to Today on Wednesday.
"If I ever came back to TV, do you know where the only place I would ever come back to is?" she said while speaking with former co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin. "Right here. This is the spot. There's no place like home."
Guthrie and Melvin then asked for confirmation that the rumors are "just rumors" and "not true."
"Delete, delete. It's not true," Kotb responded.
Reports surfaced earlier this month that Kotb would replace Clarkson as host of The Kelly Clarkson Show, which premiered in 2019.
Clarkson missed multiple episodes of her talk show in February and March, prompting Roy Wood Jr., Simu Liu, Today's Willie Geist and other stars to fill in as guest hosts.
The Kelly Clarkson Show was renewed for Season 7 in December.
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Hoda Kotb arrives for the News and Documentary Emmy Awards at Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on September 21, 2009. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
