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Hoda Kotb is glad her ex Joel Schiffmanwill be there for their daughters today—and everyday.

The Today show alum to came a revelation about her co-parenting dynamic with the businessman—who she split from in 2022 following eight years of dating—after the two recently reunited to watch their daughters Haley, 9, and Hope, 7, take part in their school’s Halloween parade.

“Usually, my kids wave and try to hide,” Kotb shared as she filled in for Sheinelle Jones on the Nov. 9 episode of Today With Jenna & Sheinelle, adding that time time, “They saw Joel at the fence and beelined. They were saying to their friends, ‘That’s my dad,’ because they don’t see him as much.”

“Whatever makes you different is hard, if your dad’s not there,” she continued. “I think there are a lot of kids who can relate. People will probably say, ‘Do you have a dad? Where is your dad?’ People ask them that.”

For the 62-year-old, that exchange became a “very meaningful” moment in her motherhood journey as she realized the value in encouraging him to come more.

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“As the girls are getting older, having their dad there is much more important than ever,” Kotb explained. “When I was watching them say that, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, come all the time, be here as often as you can, because it matters.'”

All in all, Kotb said she and Schiffman—who dressed up in matching deviled eggs costumes to go trick-or-treating with their kids later that night—had a “lovely” time on Halloween.

“It was beautiful,” she added. “He was on cloud nine. We all hung out. We barbecued.”

But while Kotb and Schiffman, 68, work together on co-parenting, she believes their chapter as a couple has ended.

“Joel is one of the best people I know, and he really is a great human being,” the Emmy winner raved on a 2024 episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show. “And I feel like I’m a pretty great human being, but sometimes two great human beings together isn’t quite enough to make it work.”

Besides, Kotb recently struck up a connection with a man she met on a flight, who her former co-host Jenna Bush Hager jokingly called a “cute boy.”

“Here’s what I think of my future relationship life,” Kotb shared after Bush Hager asked for updates on the Nov. 9 broadcast. “As I am going through life, there is going to be a person who shares more than just the things that matter to me when I was younger. I want someone with a deep spiritual connection, a deep emotional connection.”

Though Kotb has admittedly been “scared” to date, she understands that she has to “take risks” in order to find love again.

“I‘m just keeping it as a thing,” she added, “but truly, if I were to swallow a truth pill right now…I believe that the love part of my life is a piece that’s coming.”

For now, read on to see Kotb’s sweetest moments with her kids.

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