Love is patient, love is kind, love is…geriatric? It looks like amour can strike at any time – even when you’re half a century old, as Today show co-host Hoda Kotb can happily attest.
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The 51-year-old talk show host sat down with
People magazine to wax poetic about her love of two years, 57-year-old New York financier,
Joel Schiffman.
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"He's a guy that gives me butterflies again at 50-years-old," Hoda beamed.
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To the world, Hoda's partner in life for many years has been her work, and her bestie co-host
Kathie Lee Gifford — but she's actually been keeping her love life quiet for some time, until now, that is.
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"Joel showed me that anything is possible. Like, at 50 years old, you can have butterflies — you can feel that again," she says. "At 50, you can trust someone and realize that there are second chances in life. Joel showed me all of that."
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Access Hollywood co-host Billy Bush was the culprit who accidentally let the cat out of the bag earlier this year, revealing the Dateline correspondent's happy secret to the world.
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But none of that seems to matter, now that Hoda has found the man of her dreams. The beautiful Egyptian-American TV personality is so in love, she doesn't care who knows it. "He is kind, he is honest, he is handsome." Sounds like the full package!
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Photo credit: Getty Images
hoda-kotb-joel-schiffman-1
The 51-year-old talk show host sat down with
People magazine to wax poetic about her love of two years, 57-year-old New York financier,
Joel Schiffman.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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"He's a guy that gives me butterflies again at 50-years-old," Hoda beamed.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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To the world, Hoda's partner in life for many years has been her work, and her bestie co-host
Kathie Lee Gifford — but she's actually been keeping her love life quiet for some time, until now, that is.
Photo credit: Getty Images
hoda-kotb-joel-schiffman-5
"Joel showed me that anything is possible. Like, at 50 years old, you can have butterflies — you can feel that again," she says. "At 50, you can trust someone and realize that there are second chances in life. Joel showed me all of that."
Photo credit: INFPhoto.com
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Access Hollywood co-host Billy Bush was the culprit who accidentally let the cat out of the bag earlier this year, revealing the Dateline correspondent's happy secret to the world.
Photo credit: Splash News
hoda-kotb-joel-schiffman-1
But none of that seems to matter, now that Hoda has found the man of her dreams. The beautiful Egyptian-American TV personality is so in love, she doesn't care who knows it. "He is kind, he is honest, he is handsome." Sounds like the full package!
Photo credit: Getty Images