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Hoda Kotb Reveals Why She and Fiance Joel Schiffman Broke Off Their Engagement
Hoda Kotb may beryllium stepping distant from her clip astatine the Today show, but she didn’t marque the determination lightly.
While the 60-year-old shocked viewers connected Sept. 26 by announcing she was leaving the greeting amusement aft astir 2 decades, she explained the 2 radical who inspired her caller chapter: daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5.
"Obviously I had my kiddos precocious successful life, and I was reasoning that they merit a bigger portion of my clip pastry that I have," Kotb shared on Today. "I consciousness similar we lone person a finite magnitude of time. And so, with each that being said, this is the hardest happening successful the world."
The seasoned journalist, who worked astatine NBC News for years earlier joining Today successful 2007, besides penned a missive to her colleagues astatine the network, published by Today.com Sept. 26.
"My sixtieth day solemnisation connected the Plaza felt similar a shift," she added. "Like a massive, joyful YES, you are! I saw it each truthful clearly: my broadcast vocation has been beyond meaningful, a caller decennary of my beingness lies ahead, and present my daughters and my ma request and merit a bigger portion of my clip pie. I volition miss you each desperately, but I’m acceptable and excited."
Kotb was joined by her colleagues Al Roker, Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie, Jenna Bush Hager, and Sheinelle Jones on the sofa for the tearful announcement, and she maintained she wasn’t leaving the NBC household contempt her Today exit.
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“I americium truthful arrogant of my friend. You person guts,” Guthrie told Kotb. “For idiosyncratic to permission astatine the apical of their game, to permission thing that’s fantastic that you love"
She added, “We emotion you truthful much. We emotion you capable to fto you spell radiance and tally aft your dreams find this adjacent chapter. And we frankly can’t hold to spot what you do.”
(E!, Today and NBC News are portion of the NBCUniversal family.)
For much from Kotb's adorable household with daughters Haley and Hope, work on.
Mother's Day Surprise
Hoda got affectional arsenic Haley and Hope amazed her with an aboriginal Mother's Day gift.
Birthday Celebrations
Joined by her siblings Hala and Adel, nieces Hannah and Ella, ma Sami, daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine and fiancé Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the solemnisation arsenic "my kinda birthday."
I <3 NY
Hoda enjoys a time with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine around New York City together.
Queens of Halloween
Another Halloween successful the books! Hoda and her archetypal girl walk their different Halloween unneurotic arsenic their Sesame Street change egos.
Family Forever
The Today amusement momma spends clip with her ain ma (and Haley's grandma!) successful this cute radical changeable connected Halloween 2019.
Party Time
The big shared this pic of her and her small 1 astatine a Sesame Street enactment successful Oct. 2019.
Suns Out, Funs Out
The daytime speech amusement big spends a time splashing astir the formation successful Aug. 2019.
Gift for Mama
Haley Joy looks cute arsenic a fastener celebrating her mom's 55th day this past August.
Sweet Sister
"Look who is feeding Hope!" Kotb wrote connected her Instagram successful May 2019, showing disconnected Haley feeding her newborn Hope.
Friends for Life
Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda's adjacent person and long-time erstwhile co-host at Today, met Hope in aboriginal May and they were each smiles each day.
A Full House
In April, the 55-year-old big shared a photograph of her afloat household for the archetypal clip connected Instagram writing, "This is america xo."
Welcome Hope Catherine!
It's a girl! Hoda introduced Hope to the satellite aft surprising her Today amusement family on-air revealing that she had secretly adopted her 2nd child.
Birthday Girl
On Valentine's Day, the TV big celebrated Haley's 2nd day and shared on Instagram however she felt saying, "So overmuch emotion today."
Ho Ho Home
The beaming TV property spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.
Queen Bees
Haley celebrated her 2nd Halloween by twinning with her ma successful matching bee costumes.
Apple of Her Eye
In August of 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent an autumn time unneurotic picking apples.
Splashing Around
"I can't judge I get to bash this .. #grateful" she wrote on her 54th birthday.
Proud Mama
On Mother's Day, Today co-anchor Hoda posed with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, arsenic she sported a cute tee with the connection "mama."
Mother's Day Duo
"Pre dawn photograph shoots successful furniture are a blast," gushed the happy mom successful a cute Insta selfie aboriginal connected Mother's Day.
Sixtieth Surprise
On March 2018, the Oklahoma-native celebrated partner Joel Schiffman's 60th day with their babe miss and a homemade cake.
Post-Olympic Bliss
"Home!!!!!" announced the TV big connected Instagram aft spending 2 weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics successful Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Pre-Olympics Shenanigans
The time earlier arriving successful Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV property had immoderate fun with her small sweetheart and her USA beanie.
Football's Cutest Fan
Gooo Saints! Hoda and her small sport's instrumentality cheered on the New Orleans Saints successful their crippled against the Minnesota Vikings connected January 14.
Christmas Stripe Stars
"Santa we are ready!!!" the journalist wrote on this Christmas selfie with her mom, her spouse and her small angel.
Turkey Time
On November 23, Hoda posed with her spouse and her babe miss for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Hoppy Halloween!
For her archetypal Halloween, Haley wore an adorable bunny costume arsenic she enjoyed trick-or-treating successful a stroller driven by her ma and her mom's semipermanent boyfriend.
Lil Pumpkin
On October 26, Hoda dressed Haley successful a jack-o-lantern costume writing connected Instagram, "I couldn't hold !!"
Selfie Stick Pic
During a Labor Day play formation trip, Hoda snapped a selfie with six-month-old Haley and the remainder of the family, including her ma (left), sister (top right) and member (right).
Bundle of Joy
The Today co-anchor was overjoyed to walk Labor Day play with her bundle of joy.
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Today Show Debut
The three-month-old amazed her mama on on the Today Show for Mother's Day play successful 2017, marking her debut tv appearance.
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