Tamron Hallhas so much to be thankful for.
Nearly a month afterwelcoming her son, Moses, on April 24, the formerTodayshow host is opening up to PEOPLE about her emotional journey from heartbreak to happiness — and how her departure from NBC turned out to be one of her greatest blessings.
“My story is not one I could’ve ever written or expected,” Hall, 48, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.
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“It’s just great,” she adds. “But two-and-a-half years ago when I walked out of that building in black patent leather boots and a black-and-white jacket, I was in a fog. I thought, ‘Wow, is this how it goes down?’ Not knowing that so many of us lose things we think are important, and you have no idea that something better is right there. You’ve just got to persevere.”
And persevere is exactly what she did.
“I decided to take a leap of faith,” Hallpreviously told PEOPLE. “I knew I would have to trust my gut and that I could be a part of something that would reflect who I am as a person, as a journalist, as a woman.”
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After leaving the network, Hall remained busy with speaking engagements, supporting domestic abuse charity Safe Horizon in honor of herlate sister, and as the host of the ID Network’sDeadline Crime.
The new show “will allow me to be where I love to hang out most, which is with people,” she shared.
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Although her road to happiness has been painful at times — “I leaned on my friends, my family. I cried. They weren’t pity cries; it was the reality of fear,” she explains of her NBC exit — she is thankful for the losses.
source: people.com
