Joel Schiffman with daughters Hope (L) and Haley.Photo: Hoda Kotb/Instagram
Hoda Kotbis celebrating her ex-fiancéJoel Schiffman.
On Sunday, theTodayanchor shared a snapshot of Schiffman, 64, with their daughtersHope Catherine, 3, andHaley Joy, 5, in honor ofFather’s Day.
Inthe sweet, smiley image, the girls — wearing matching outfits — are situated on either side of Schiffman, seated at a table and appearing to be in the middle of a fun craft project.
“Happy father’s day!” Kotb, 57, wrote in the caption.
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Joel Schiffman and Hoda Kotb in 2018.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
The television journalistannounced their splitin January, saying duringToday with Hoda & Jenna, “We decided that we’re better as friends and parents than we are as an engaged couple, so we decided we are going to start this new year … on ournew path as loving parentsto our adorable, delightful children, and as friends.”
“It’s not like something happened. They say sometimes relationships are meant to be there for a reason, or a season or for a lifetime. And I feel like ours was meant to be there for a season,” Kotb added in her conversation with co-hostJenna Bush Hager.
She went on to praise Schiffman: “He’s a great guy. He’s a very kind and loving person, and I feelprivileged to have spent eight years with him. We are both good and we are both kind of going on our way and our path. We’ll be good parents to those two lovely kids.”
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Kotb told PEOPLE last month that she can envision herself finding another serious partner someday but reiterated it’s not currently a priority.
“And I don’t know why I said it so clearly, but I actually knew that my heart is open. I have an open heart,” she recalled.
Kotb added, “It’s not hard. It’s not covered over. So, I knowat some point and I can see it, it will happen. When? I can’t say, but I assured her I said, ‘Oh, don’t worry. No worries.’ I said, ‘I’m gonna be just fine.’ "
source: people.com
