{"id":137318,"date":"2025-01-11T09:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T09:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/who-is-joel-schiffman-5-things-to-know-about-hoda-kotbs-ex-fiance-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T09:40:29","slug":"who-is-joel-schiffman-5-things-to-know-about-hoda-kotbs-ex-fiance-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/who-is-joel-schiffman-5-things-to-know-about-hoda-kotbs-ex-fiance-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Joel Schiffman? 5 Things to Know About Hoda Kotb\u2019s Ex-Fiance \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/hoda-kotb-joel-schiffman-pics\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/joel-schiffman-five-things-engaged-to-hoda-kotb-rex-ftr.jpg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc\" alt=\"hoda kotb joel schiffman\" loading=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/joel-schiffman-five-things-engaged-to-hoda-kotb-rex-ftr.jpg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/joel-schiffman-five-things-engaged-to-hoda-kotb-rex-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350&amp;resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/joel-schiffman-five-things-engaged-to-hoda-kotb-rex-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350&amp;resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewbox=\"0 0 21 18\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M4.807.867h15.401v12.101h-2.2v2.2h-2.2v2.2H.406v-12.1h2.2V3.066h2.2v-2.2Zm14.301 11.001V1.967H5.907v9.901h13.201Zm-2.2 2.2v-1.1H4.807v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2ZM7.007 3.067h11.001v7.7H7.007v-7.7Zm7.7 13.201v-1.1h-12.1v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2Z\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView gallery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-thumb-1\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/hoda-kotb-joel-schiffman-pics\/#!1\/hoda-kotb-and-partner-joel-schiffman-leave-her-book-signing-for-ive-loved-you-since-forever-2\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--square image-wrapper--has-gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"293\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hoda-kotb-joel-schiffman-2-3.jpg?fit=293%2C440\" class=\"attachment-440x440 size-440x440\" alt=\"New York City, NY  - 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In reality, she had nothing however optimistic remarks for Joel throughout a March 2024 episode of TODAY.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">\u201cI\u2019ve only been with people who are super polite. Like, when I get up from the table, for instance, Joel got up every time \u2014 every time \u2014 even if it\u2019s normal dinner,\u201d Hoda defined, referring to how vital it&#8217;s for kids to see their mother and father get alongside.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\"><span class=\"s1\">As a mom of two daughters shared with Joel, she introduced her departure from the <\/span><em><span class=\"s2\">TODAY<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> present in September 2024, along with her last day on air on January 10, 2025, to spend extra time along with her youngsters, as she shared throughout her farewell announcement. She mentioned, \u201cI saw it all so clearly: my broadcast career has been beyond meaningful, a new decade of my life lies ahead, and now, my daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Here are 5 issues it&#8217;s essential to find out about Joel Schiffman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4634147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4634147\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4634147\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joel-schiffman-5-things-to-know-ss-emnbed.jpg?resize=620%2C929\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"929\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4634147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman in 2018 (Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Joel Schiffman Met Hoda in 2013<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Hoda met Joel at an occasion she, apparently, \u201cdidn\u2019t want to go to,\u201d in keeping with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/watch-what-happens-live-with-andy-cohen\/season-12\/episode-115\/videos\/after-show-hoda-on-her-jewish\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">her look<\/a> on\u00a0<em>Watch What Happens Live<\/em>. As she was readying to depart the occasion, Hoda signed just a few autographs when Joel approached her. Their meet-cute left an impression on the <em>Today\u00a0<\/em>present host, as she handed alongside her e mail deal with to him. They\u2019ve been collectively ever since!<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">After years of courting, Hoda Kotb\u00a0and her longtime accomplice, Joel Schiffman bought engaged in November 2019. The information was introduced on an episode of <em>Today,<\/em> and Hoda was beaming when she shared the candy pic from her engagement. The proposal appeared to happen on the seaside, the place the completely happy couple stood behind their names, which have been written within the sand, as Hoda flashed her beautiful ring. Unfortunately, the couple postponed their wedding ceremony just a few instances as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<h2>Joel Shiffman Has Been Married Before<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Joel had a severe relationship earlier than assembly Hoda and has a grown daughter from that marriage named <strong>Kyle Schiffman<\/strong>. Since his relationship with Hoda, Joel has change into the daddy to <strong>Haley<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Hope<\/strong>, whom Hoda adopted. During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=teRe4t0dJko\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\">her look<\/a> on <em>The <\/em><em>Wendy Williams Show<\/em>, Hoda shared that she \u201cknew I\u2019d chosen the right man\u201d when she requested Joel about adoption.<\/p>\n<h2>Joel Shiffman Told Hoda He Loved Her First<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">During an episode of\u00a0<em>TODAY<\/em>, Hoda shared along with her co-host,\u00a0<strong>Jenna Bush Hager<\/strong>, how Joel revealed his true emotions. Upon listening to him say these three magic phrases, Hoda mentioned she had \u201cto sit with that for a minute.\u201d After a short pause, Hoda instructed Joel she cherished him, too!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4Imvk6F3oq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Joel Schiffman Works in Finance<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">As of 2021, Joel labored because the Head of U.S. Defined Contribution and Insurance Sales at an funding administration firm. Before his present job, he was the Vice President and Director of Financial Institutions for Janus Henderson Investors for over three years, in keeping with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joel-schiffman-64106b5\/?src=aff-lilpar&amp;veh=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&amp;trk=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&amp;clickid=WkgXRU1wrxyIWGsxy8TCqQXPUkGz4Cw4E3BB1s0&amp;mcid=6851962469594763264&amp;irgwc=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\"> his LinkedIn.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Joel Shiffman Has Two Major Degrees<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">Joel attended the University of California and graduated together with his Bachelor\u2019s diploma in 1981. After numerous years, he attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which is the enterprise faculty of the non-public, Ivy League college, and completed his diploma in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman\u00a0known as it quits in early 2022. \u201cJoel and I have had a lot of prayerful and meaningful conversations over the holidays,\u201d Hoda mentioned on TODAY, \u201cand we decided that we\u2019re better as friends and parents than we are as an engaged couple, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1965,8331,60,4162,8332,98,8330],"class_list":{"0":"post-137318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood","8":"tag-exfiance","9":"tag-hoda","10":"tag-hollywood","11":"tag-joel","12":"tag-kotbs","13":"tag-life","14":"tag-schiffman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}