Today show's Stevie Jacobs reveals the surprisingly sweet reason he was cut

Today show weatherman Stevie Jacobs has broken his silence after being dropped from the breakfast show’s 2020 line up.

The weatherman was one of the casualties when Nine announced a range of changes to Today, Today Extra and Weekend Today.

He revealed why he wasn’t in the line up via a touching post on Instagram.

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Hello Goodbye. One of my most cherished moments on Today. I want to say a sincere thank you to everyone for the incredible warm messages of support. Today has been my home for almost 15 years and I love the program and my colleagues dearly. Sadly I can’t commit to the future travel requirements of the job and have to put my beautiful daughters first. They are my world, my life and my joy. I hope to see you all back on the tellie soon. I couldn’t be more proud of my achievements or more grateful for the opportunities I’ve had with Nine. I will miss my morning family madly and wish the new team all the best for 2020 and beyond. A special thanks to my weather crew who are like brothers to me. We have had some amazing adventures. Looking forward to having breakfast with my girls and doing school drop off. Not going to miss that alarm. Thanks for the love and thanks for the laughs. It’s been an incredible ride and I am a lucky man. @thetodayshow

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“Sadly I can’t commit to the future travel requirements of the job and have to put my beautiful daughters first,” he wrote. “They are my world, my life and my joy … Looking forward to having breakfast with my girls and doing school drop off.”

Jacobs has two daughters from his seven-year marriage to Rose Jacobs.

In the post, he also thanked the Today show, which he’s been a part of for a whopping 15 years.

“I love the program and my colleagues dearly,” the Channel 9 star wrote. “I couldn’t be more proud of my achievements or more grateful for the opportunities I’ve had with Nine. I will miss my morning family madly and wish the new team all the best for 2020 and beyond.

“Thanks for the love and thanks for the laughs. It’s been an incredible ride and I am a lucky man.”

It appears that Jacobs had no idea about the announcement, as news.com.au understands that he was “blindsided”.

In a statement, Channel 9 said that Jacobs “will be leaving the Today team but may work on future projects with the network”.