"I'm not even able to articulate it because I'm a mess most of the times, but I just want to say thanks," Kotb said through tears after the daytime program ran a video tribute to

Hoda Kotb gathered with anchors, friends and fans on the “Today” show for the last time Friday in a teary, star-studded end to her 17-year run on NBC’s morning program. Throughout the broadcast, dubbed a “Hoda-bration” and a love letter to the longtime host,

Special guests, including Simone Biles and Oprah Winfrey, offered tributes to the longtime host, capping off a week that “Today” had called 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,

It’s the end of an era as Hoda Kotb signed off as Today co-anchor and Hoda & Jenna co-host. There was no shortage of sweet moments over the four hours of TV, with one brief pre-emption announcing President-elect Donald Trump's "unconditional discharge" sentence.

Hoda Kotb was reduced to tears during her last day on the Today show Friday as her colleagues paid tribute to her in an emotional montage. Kotb announced in September that she would be stepping down from the NBC series after 17 years on the show in order to spend more time with her daughters,