Hoda Kotb announced her engagement to longtime boyfriend Joel Schiffman, the "Today" co-anchor announced during Monday's show.
"I have to tell you something that a friend of mine, a friend of ours, asked me to let you guys in on a secret,'' Kotb said during Monday's broadcast. "I'll give you her initials. Her initials are Hoda Kotb, and she's engaged."
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Kotb, 55, said Schiffman, 61, proposed while they were having "a little dinner on the beach," People reported.
That bling 💍 looks great on @hodakotb. Congrats to Hoda and Joel on their engagement! pic.twitter.com/QOU6BnzlOU
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 25, 2019
Kotb hid her engagement ring and slipped it on her finger shortly before making her on-air announcement, Today reported.
"My heart has literally been pounding,'' Kotb told her co-anchors. “I was totally shocked. He had a good poker face.”
Kotb said she has not told her two daughters -- Haley Joy, 2, and Hope Catherine, who she adopted in April -- about the upcoming wedding.
“We’re still trying to figure out that part,” Kotb said.
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