Former Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb surprised Al Roker and more during the NBC morning show's Feb. 28 broadcast to spice of the Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans less than two months after her exit.

Hoda Kotb may have left her Today cohosting position, but she’s still a friend of the show! The broadcaster made her return to the program during a surprise appearance on Friday, February 28, nearly two months after she left her cohosting job.

Veteran NBC host Hoda Kotb moves on from Today, teasing fans with an exciting new venture alongside home renovation queen Joanna Gaines.

Hoda Kotb — who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and underwent a mastectomy — opened up to PEOPLE about how she never saw her diagnosis coming as someone who lived a healthy lifestyle.

The former co-anchor made a special video appearance on the '3rd Hour of Today' to greet Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer as they visited her 'second home' of New Orleans

Hoda Kotb has no regrets about her recent Today show exit. "I have no FOMO, which is so funny because I knew 100 [percent]. I don't have an ounce of it," Kotb, 60, exclusively told Us Weekly at Runway for Recovery's inaugural New York City fashion show at The Lighthouse,