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Hello, lo, lo, lo, lo, hello, welcome to the naughty but night show.

I'm your host, Rob Shooter. It's Monday.

Garretz off today. I have a little bit of a raspy voice, everybody. Don't worry.

I'm not sick, but I was out last night. My sister's in town, Christine, and we went out last night, and we talked and talked and laughed and laughed and laughed and talked and laughed and talked and laughed

and so I have a little bit of a sore throat today but don't already notice I've got enough voice

to get through the next 20 minutes of gossip what time is it my friends it is tea time big story

at the top of the show there's a new report out that Hoda left the Today Show after being asked to slash a massive multi-million dollar salary. So this is according to a new bombshell report from Puck. Financial factors they are saying played a part

in her deciding, Hoda deciding, to leave the show. One source tells the outlet that NBC

proposed a big pay cut for Hoda, who is reportedly, so they say, earning $20 million a year.

I know that is not the case.

Nowhere near that.

Savannah earns about eight.

I think Hoda earns about six.

So do we ignore this whole report because they got that detail wrong or can they be right

about the pay cut, but wrong about the pay?

It makes me a little bit suspicious, but let's carry on.

So a source is telling them that the network is struggling to justify these hefty salaries

amid the decline in TV viewership.

The today's show average is about 2.8 million viewers massive,

but compare this to a decade ago when they were getting about 5 million,

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