*During an appearance at the 2019 Vulture Festival on Saturday, Tamron Hall discussed her decision to depart NBC back in February 2017, after the network announced she was losing her time slot co-hosting “Today‘s” third hour to Megyn Kelly.
“They wanted something that wasn’t me,” Hall told moderator Tracy Clayton.
Hall was offered a chance to remain at NBC in another role, but the veteran journalist opted to walk away.
“It wasn’t that I did not know my value. It’s that others did not know my value,” Hall said. “It was an easy decision, because there was no other decision to make.”
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Hall didn’t mention Kelly by name during her Vulture Festival appearance, but she did take aim at the former Fox News anchor’s reported payout from NBC after she was dropped due to low ratings.
“I did not have a $69 million dollar contract,” Hall said. “No shade to anybody who does. If you do, give me a loan!”
She continued, “At some point in all of our lives, the goalpost keeps getting moved to the point it’s invisible. And I’m not into being Charlie Brown to anyone’s Lucy, so I wasn’t going to keep kicking that football.”
Hall has since returned to TV in her own syndicated ABC talk show.
“I feel at peace,” she told PEOPLE back in September. “I feel that I have an amazing team and we have put thought and purpose and care into creating this show. We think about the audience and we think about the people who raised us, we think about our friends, we think about those who will watch the show more than we’re thinking about ourselves.”
With a new husband and 6-month-old son, Hall said she’s never been happier.
“I feel fortunate and I feel it’s a reminder to everyone to not give up on your dreams and to bet on yourself,” Hall told PEOPLE. “I’m very grateful.”
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