Hoda Kotb ‘KNOWS’ she will meet someone new after separating from her fiancé

Hoda Kotb said she ‘knows[s] with certainty’ that she will meet someone new in the wake of ending things with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman.

The Today presenter, 58, opened up People about her love life since she split from the 65-year-old financier in early 2022, after being together for nearly a decade.

She admitted that while she remains happily single for now, she has a “weird, like, tingling Spidey feeling” that she’ll finally find The One – despite not being actively “on the hunt.”

“It’s the strangest feeling to know that,” she told the magazine.

Hoda revealed in January 2022 that she had ended her relationship with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, 65, after nearly a decade together

The Today co-anchor had announced her engagement to financier Joel in November 2019

“I can feel him sometimes, but I don’t see what he looks like, but I feel like it will,” she continued of her mysterious Mr. Right.

“So if someone says, ‘Maybe you’ll meet someone at Christmas…’ Maybe!”

Hoda’s new interview with People came on the 25th anniversary of the original Sex and the City premiere.

Coincidentally, this past January also marked a quarter of a century since the award-winning broadcast journalist joined NBC.

She reflected on the milestone: “In every relationship you’re in — whether you’re in a relationship with a boyfriend, a boyfriend, or even a job — you ask yourself, “How does it not feel like all these years?” And I think it’s because it kept changing.’

Speaking of SATC’s impact on being single in NYC, Hoda noted how the landmark HBO show “made being single cool…you felt empowered and not left out.”

“People sat alone in their apartments and said, ‘Am I the only one?’ No, you’re not alone. You are with your friends. It reminded us: if we have good relationships, we have enough.”

She added, “That’s what it taught us back then.”

Speaking of her prospects of finally finding The One, Hoda reflected on People how “I can feel him sometimes, but I don’t see what he looks like, but I feel like it’s going to happen”

Hoda and Joel had started dating in 2013 and eventually adopted two daughters together before separating

Hoda started dating Joel in 2013, and the couple revealed in November 2019 that they were engaged.

During their relationship, they adopted two daughters: Haley Joy, 6, and Hope Catherine, 3.

On January 31, 2022, Hoda revealed during on-air Today that she and Joel had broken up.

“Joel and I have had a lot of prayerful and really meaningful conversations over the holidays and we’ve decided we’re better as friends and parents than an engaged couple,” Hoda explained as co-host Jenna Bush gave Hager a supportive nod. .

“We’ve decided that we’re going to start this new year… on our new path as loving parents to our adorable, wonderful children, and as friends.”

She emphasized that it wasn’t like anything had happened. They say relationships are sometimes meant to be there for a reason, a season or a lifetime.”

Hoda and Joel remain friends as they co-parent daughters Haley Joy, 6, and Hope Catherine, 3

Before dating Joel, Hoda was briefly married to tennis coach Burzis Kanga from 2005 to 2008

“And I feel like ours was meant to be there for a season,” she continued.

She further admitted that she felt “weird and uncomfortable” when she revealed the news of her breakup on-air.

“I really struggled with this. I was like, “What do I say? How do I say it?” But I feel like we often share the joyful parts of our lives – the engagement… the adoption of my kids.

“Then the hard parts, sometimes you just want to forget…because that’s not part of a pretty picture,” she continued.

Before dating Joel, Hoda was married to tennis coach Burzis Kanga from 2005 to 2008.

Of the less than perfect chapters in her romantic life, Hoda added, “I think a lot of women know what it feels like to change course in life right now. And I feel very brave right now, I really do, which is a strange feeling to feel. But sometimes in life you just have to tell the truth.’