Hoda Kotb, Joel Schiffman end engagement: 'Meant to be there for a season'

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Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman have ended their engagement. Kotb, 57, announced the news during the 10 a.m. hour of the "TODAY" show. "I wanted to address something that, I think a few of you maybe noticed," she said. "People have written in and asked why I wasn’t wearing my engagement ring.

Joel and I have had a lot of prayerful and meaningful conversations over the holiday and we decided that we’re better as friends and parents than we are as an engaged couple." "So we decided that we are going to start this new year and begin it kind of on a new path as loving parents to our adorable, delightful children and friends." Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman have ended their engagement, the news anchor announced on the "TODAY" show. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for SiriusXM) Kotb and Schiffman, 63, began dating in 2013 and got engaged in 2019.

Kotb clarified that there wasn't anything specific that led to the couple's break up. "It’s not like something happened," Kotb explained. "They say sometimes relationships are meant to be there for a reason, for a season or for a lifetime and I feel like ours was meant to be there for a season." Schiffman and Kotb began dating in 2013 and got engaged in 2019.Their wedding plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Time) The "TODAY" show host and Schiffman share two adopted children together; Hayley Joy, 4, and Hope Catherine, 2.