Ann Curry confirmed two things on the "Today” show Thursday that most of the world had already figured out: She's leaving and she doesn't like it.

Choking back tears and fighting to maintain her composure, Curry said, "This is not the way I expected to leave" the show where she has worked for 15 years.

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"For those of you who saw me as a groundbreaker, I'm sorry I couldn't carry the ball over the finish line," said Curry, who wore a defiantly bright red dress for her final show as cohost.

She didn't specify why she's leaving, or detail the events that led up to it, but her silence seemed to confirm what NBC's silence had already suggested: The network doesn't think she's the best cohost to boost "Today" back to the top in the morning.