Hoda Kotb Reveals Why She Stopped Seeing an 'Extremely Handsome' and 'Lovely' Man After 3 Dates

The Today star chatted about her love life on the Tuesday, August 20, episode of "The Jamie Kern Lima Show" podcast, revealing she's been on a few dates lately. The mom-of-two - who split from ex-fiance Joel Schiffman in January 2022 - revealed that after she went on a third date with a suitor, she broke it off because she realized they weren't in the same chapter of life. "I did kind of decide in that space, because this person - who's a lovely human being - has a lot of kind of things that are being worked out that I think.. Kotb also revealed how she never spoke up for herself until around 2021, spilling, "All those years, all through elementary school, all through junior high school, all through high school, all through college, all through my early years of working, all of my dating, it was, 'Let me be what you need. Elsewhere in the chat, she touched on her breakup with Schiffman, 66, explaining, "I think a lot of people are probably in these situations: one person's growing…or one person wants it this way, and one person wants it that way." "Joel and I have had a lot of prayerful and meaningful conversations over the holidays and we decided that we are better as friends and parents than we are as an engaged couple, so we decided we are going to start this new year on our new path as loving parents to our adorably delightful children and as friends," she announced at the time.

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