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.

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 felt all the emotions during her farewell on the Today show on January 10, but the beloved TV host has “no FOMO” about her years-long run on the daytime talk show. “I have no FOMO, which is so funny because I knew 100 [percent].

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 OrleansHoda Kotb can’t stay away from her friends at the Today show.

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,