Hoda Kotb and Ex Joel Schiffman Have ‘Great’ Coparenting Relationship During the Holidays: ‘We Divvy It Up’
usmagazine.comCrushing coparenting! Nearly one year after Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman called it quits following eight years together, their primary goal is to give their daughters a merry celebration.“We have a really great working relationship when it comes to holidays,” the Today show anchor, 58, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, November 18, of coparenting with Schiffman, 64, while promoting her Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade hosting duties. “We speak a lot and we make sure that we divvy it up so that it is great for him and great for us.”Kotb and the Colorado native — who split in January — have continued to amicably raise daughters Haley, 5, and Hope, 3.“The ultimate goal is when your girls are happy.
That’s what we both say, ‘Happy girls, that’s all we want,’” the I Really Needed This Today author told Us of her kids during a joint interview with Today cohost Savannah Guthrie. “And that’s what we have.
So they enjoy spending time with their dad and they enjoy spending time with me and everybody on my side. So it’s been really good [and] we have a nice mix.”Kotb adopted her two little ones in 2017 and 2019, respectively, and has since frequently gushed about their family bond.“Savannah and I both came to motherhood late in life, but I think one thing I really wanna work on with my girls, too, is them having their voice,” Kotb told Us, referring to her 50-year-old NBC cohost’s two children with husband Michael Feldman. “[Teaching them about] being brave enough to say what they need, what they want and not to feel greedy or too much or too bossy.”She continued: “I feel like a lot of us, when we were younger, we were taught to be quieted.
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