Hoda Kotb’s split from her longtime partner, Joel Schiffman, has come as a shock to just about everyone. The 57-year-old Today show host announced the unexpected news at the top of the fourth hour of Monday’s program after her co-host, Jenna Bush Hager, pointed out that she wasn’t wearing her engagement ring. Kotb revealed that after “a lot of prayer,” she and her 63-year-old boyfriend of six years-turned-fiancé of two came to the conclusion that they are “better as friends and parents” to their two adopted daughters, Haley Joy, 4, and Hope Catherine, 2, than they are as a romantic couple. The…
