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Carson Daly ‘Cannot Wait to Get Off Television’: ‘Today’ Host Says He Is ‘Looking to Cut Back’
Carson Daly admitted that he is looking to scale back on his work on television at some point in the future.
“Wow, I cannot wait to get off television!” he told DailyMail.com on October 31. “I still see Jay Leno on TV and I’m like, ‘why?’ No, I am … I am looking to cut back. I lost my dad when I was five, so my time with my kids is the most precious.”
Carson’s Today cohost Hoda Kotb announced that she will be leaving Today in early 2025 after 17 years of being on the program.
“That’s what I think about Hoda, I’m happy for her, she’s gonna get more time. Walking your kids to school is way more important,” he said of his colleague, who is a mom to daughters Haley and Hope.
Hoda will still remain part of the NBC family despite her departure from the talk show. But Carson admitted he will miss having her around and the great rapport all of the cohosts have.
“Chemistry is an impossible thing to cast, and when you have it and when you get it, it’s really the most beautiful thing,” the radio host explained. “And what you see on the Today show is an undeniable family chemistry that is just organic.”
“God made it that way for this time and all of our lives to be working together and that’s the simple answer,” he added.
In addition to Today, Carson is also the host of The Voice, as well as a father of four kids, Jackson, Etta, London and Goldie with wife Siri Daly.
“You can’t manufacture getting up at five in the morning and actually loving the person that you’re sitting next to,” he told the outlet. “We all have a relationship outside of this show and I think it comes off on air, but you can’t fake that.”
Over his years working on NBC, Carson opened up about experiencing anxiety and panic attacks. In early October, the TV personality revealed that he found a way to manage his anxiety and help with some of the things he was feeling.
“I’ve cold-plunged every day for a year,” he told Page Six on October 12. “I have a home cold plunge. Forty degrees, literally two minutes every day.”
“It’s really hard to do, and it turns out doing hard things is good for you,” he said of the process.
Later that month, psychologist Dr. Gilda Carle, who hasn’t treated Carson, tells Closer, “It’s really hard to do, and it turns out doing hard things is good for you,” adding, “He’s found a way to boost his mental health when he hit a low point, and it sounds as if cold plunging has worked for him. It raises the endorphins and dopamine in your brain, and puts you in a better mood!”
A Today insider previously told Closer that Carson is “one of the nicest and sweetest people anyone could meet” however, his personal struggles are “the worst-kept secret within NBC!”
“Management even took action by cutting back on his workload and reassigning some of his responsibilities to others — all in an effort to help him focus on his mental and physical health!” the source added.
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