Hoda Kotb announces split from fiancé Joel Schiffman: 'We're better as friends'

"Joel and I have had a lot of prayerful and really meaningful conversations over the holidays, and we decided that we're better as friends and parents than we are as an engaged couple," Kotb said. "So we decided that we are going to start this new year and begin it kind of on our new path as loving parents to our adorable, delightful children, and as friends."

The 57-year-old broadcast journalist and personality added: "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 and Schiffman, 63, announced their engagement in November 2019. They share daughters Haley, 4, and Hope, 2, whom were adopted in 2017 and '19, respectively.