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“Today” is about Barbara Walters’ legacy: “We’re not here without” her

“Today” hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb discussed the impact of iconic broadcaster Barbara Walters on them during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday.

Walters, who died last week at age 93, looks back on a storied career that included her time as host of the “Today” show. She became the first woman to hold this role on the program in 1974.

Guthrie and Kotb, who became the first female duo to co-host the show more than five years ago, both considered Walters’ monumental impact on the news industry.

“We’re not here without Barbara Walters knocking down that door and doing it when there was no precedent, there was no example, there was no representation of that journey,” said Guthrie, who compared to dozens of outstanding women in journalism paying tribute to Walters during his final appearance on “The View.”

“She did, she led the way as a pioneer.”

Kotb added that two female news anchors are “totally normal now” because of Walters.

“The Tonight Show” host asked the couple the first opening of the “Today” show. together, a moment that came after NBC fired Matt Lauer amid sexual misconduct allegations in 2017.

Kotb recalled walking into a SoulCycle class when people in the class started applying after her first show with Guthrie.

“They say ‘what you and Savvanah did today, that was great, that was great,'” Kotb said.

“And I said to Savannah, ‘Oh my God, that was important.’ We didn’t realize at the time that he had…”

You can hear more from Guthrie and Kotb below.

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