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Hoda Kotb is glad her ex Joel Schiffman will be there for their daughters today—and everyday.
The Today show alum to came a revelation about her co-parenting dynamic with the businessman—who she split from in 2022 following eight years of dating—after the two recently reunited to watch their daughters Haley, 9, and Hope, 7, take part in their school’s Halloween parade.
“Usually, my kids wave and try to hide,” Kotb shared as she filled in for Sheinelle Jones on the Nov. 9 episode of Today With Jenna & Sheinelle, adding that time time, “They saw Joel at the fence and beelined. They were saying to their friends, ‘That’s my dad,’ because they don’t see him as much.”
“Whatever makes you different is hard, if your dad’s not there,” she continued. “I think there are a lot of kids who can relate. People will probably say, ‘Do you have a dad? Where is your dad?’ People ask them that.”
For the 62-year-old, that exchange became a “very meaningful” moment in her motherhood journey as she realized the value in encouraging him to come more.
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