Natalie Morales shocked viewers when she announced that she was leaving NBC after 22 years with the online grid.

“It’s an extraordinary opportunity to be joining this team at ‘The Talk.’

“It’s like [the] first day at school and I’m the new kid at school.

Natalie Morales smiling

“It’s amazing that I’m hanging out with the coolest kids up here.

And I’ve never done this before a studio audience, so this energy is unreal.”

“People were asking me like, ‘How does it feel?’

Natalie Morales posing