Meredith Signs Off Today

An emotional departure for co-host Vieira
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 8, 2011 10:23 AM CDT

Meredith Vieira signed off for the last time on Today this morning in an emotional farewell to the job she’s held for five years. "It's tough. It's a hard one. Very mixed emotions. I'm looking at everybody right here and wishing I ... no, I know it's right, but it's hard," she said as the show opened. Colleagues Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Ann Curry, and Natalie Morales paid tribute to her, and Lauer even got Carole King to perform “You’ve Got a Friend.” Watch that and more clips at PopEater. (More Meredith Vieira stories.)

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