-By the way. -Yeah?
-Jimmy Fallon. -Yeah.
-Not one year here, not two years, not three years.
-Stop. -Not four years.
Jimmy Fallon has been at this desk, you guys, for five years!
-Five years. [ Cheers and applause ]
You're the best. Come on.
-No, but honestly, did it feel like a blink?
Did it feel like --
-It felt fast, but, I mean -- -Man.
-It's five years, but I'm not here to talk about me.
Please, I want to talk about you.
Thank you so much for coming on
because this must be a long day for you.
I mean, I woke up with you this morning.
And you woke up before that. [ Laughter ]
So I mean -- No, no, no, I mean on television.
[ Laughter ] Hey!
Oh, my goodness. Oh, no, no, no, no. No, no, no.
-I know I watched you -- -Your crowd is wild.
-This is a different crowd. -I like this crowd.
-Exactly, yeah, they're great. [ Laughter ]
But you -- you and Savannah, I just read that you guys
just celebrated your one-year anniversary
co-anchoring together.
And is this true?
The first female co-anchors in the history of the "Today" show?
-We are the first, yeah, female co-anchors.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-That's awesome. I love that.
-I wish Savannah could have been here.
She's actually -- She actually got really sick.
Or one of her kids got sick and she got -- she's literally --
I was texting her. -No, I'm afraid.
I was like, "Are you sure
you're not gonna be able to make it in?"
She said, "I am, like, laid out."
-No, everyone's getting the flu. -Everybody's got it.
-And I'm afraid to get it.
And I don't -- no, I'm Purell-ing.
I'm doing it right now. I'm just freaking out right now.
Wow. I mean -- -Give me some too.
-I mean, seriously, this is what you got to do.
I am not getting this flu. There's no way, man.
I'm not doing it. Everyone's getting it.
-They're, like, dropping like flies.
-Everyone's getting it, yeah. -But I got to tell you,
we talked about a year with Savannah.
I felt just like you did. It's like literally --
It actually rolled up, and they said,
"You know, today's the year anniversary."
I was like, "Of what?"
They said, "You guys have been sitting next to each other
for an entire year."
And it just reminded me, like, when you --
you know when you were a kid and you loved doing something,
and all of a sudden the hours passed, and you're like,
"Wait, it's already dinnertime?" -Yeah.
-It kind of feels like that with this job.
Like, the year just flew.
-And you guys -- I mean, you've known each other.
But I mean, you have to really work with each other
every single day.
And just to watch you guys do it --
I know it looks easy on TV, but it's such a hard job.
You guys are both amazing at this job. You're pros.
-My admiration for her, like, deepens every day.
There are certain people who, like, the more you know them,
the more you like them.
Some people you meet and you love them on the first day.
And then as the days go on, it's like, you know,
it doesn't, it wears.
with Savannah, it's the opposite of that.
-It's growing.
-She is -- She's an amazing person.
Like, I watched her interview Andrew McCabe
and then interview Andy Cohen, like, right after.
-Of course.
-And just watching that is pretty amazing. Yeah.
-He's on cloud nine. He just had the baby.
-Stop it. -How cute is that?
-That hair -- All of it.
-No. The baby's got lots of good hair. Yeah.
-I have never seen Andy Cohen look like that.
-Right? -Those eyes.
-He's so happy.
-He has the face that you have now.
-And the face that you have, as well.
How old is the baby? -Oh, stop it.
-Look at the little baby. This is --
[ Audience aws ]
-How old is Haley Joy? -Come on.
Haley, actually, you guys, just turned two.
This is when she was first learning to walk.
-Yeah, so cute. -Can you believe?
-Two? -Yeah.
I got to tell you, Jimmy, the thing people say
that I believe is the most true is,
you blink and it goes like that.
Like, you have to, like, hang in the moment.
So I've been trying to do that more.
-But she's inspired you to write another --
-Come on. -A children's book.
-Come on. -You know I love the other one.
You know I love you.
And it's a "New York Times" bestseller.
"I Loved You Since Forever."
Which, come on, just that word makes you cry.
To say that to your baby, "I've loved you since forever."
-"I've loved you since forever." -I love that.
But it's a new book. -Yeah.
-"You Are My Happy."
-Yeah, this one's called "You Are My Happy."
[ Audience aws ] -Are you kidding me?
How cute is this? Look at this. Look, get ready.
Oh, no! [ Audience aws ]
This is your happy right there.
How did you come up with this one?
-You know what?
I just wanted something to read to her to put her to bed.
And you know how sometimes you kind of go through the day,
and you're thinking about all the things that made you happy?
-Yeah.
-And I have to tell you, Jimmy, even now as I sit here
and watch you fold that picture up,
I just can't believe I get to do it.
-Yeah. I love that. -I get to.
-I want to bring up quickly, but I would love to spend more time.
Kathie Lee Gifford has announced she's retiring.
-Yeah. -Man, I was bummed.
-We were bummed, man. -I can just imagine you.
-I mean, I think it's funny.
I met Kathie Lee and I got to sit next to a television legend,
and that doesn't happen in a lifetime.
-A legend. -A legend.
-She is a TV legend. -She really is.
-I love her so much.
-And we'd been together for 11 years.
-Is that right? -11 years, yeah.
-You changed the game, dude. You changed --
[ Cheers and applause ] Every time. "No, no."
But you changed.
No, you changed everything.
You changed the whole game and how it can be done.
And people are just -- they're --
Everyone's imitating you guys. You changed it.
-The show was a blast.
And I just said to Kat the other day, I said,
"You know what's funny?"
I said I feel like every good thing in my life
happened after she and I met.
I got to go speak at some event where I happened --
because I worked with Kathy, asked me to speak --
and I happened to have met my boyfriend there,
who I'm with today. -That's right.
-Because I met my boyfriend, we adopted Haley.
Like, I was just saying, it's bizarre to think that one --
-The domino effect. -Yeah. One thing happens.
And I said to Kath, like, "I feel like --
I feel like that happened with me."
Like, I got to live all these cool dreams, you know,
after meeting her.
It's pretty cool.
-Well, the best part is that you're not going anywhere.
And we have you to watch every single day.
We love you so much.
-Jimmy, I love you. -Come on.
Hoda Kotb, everybody. -You got the best audience.
-They are great, right? -Oh, the best.
-Hoda Kotb. Check her weekday mornings on the "Today" show.