Hoda Kotb is tying the knot.
The “Today” co-anchor, 55, announced on the morning show Monday that she and longtime boyfriend Joel Schiffman are engaged.
Showing off her giant engagement ring, Kotb revealed that Schiffman, 61, surprised her with a marriage proposal while they were on vacation recently in Mexico.
“Literally we went on our usual vacation. We ended up having a little dinner on the beach and were done with the dinner,” Kotb recalled. “I was eating the churros, licking the bowl … he said some beautiful things and got down on one knee and said, ‘Will you be my wife?’”
She added, “I was shocked.”
Kotb and Schiffman, who works in finance, are parents to adopted daughters Haley Joy, 2, and Hope Catherine, whom they welcomed earlier this year.
“We’re still trying to figure out that part of how to explain [the news] to [our daughters],” Kotb said.
The couple has been dating since 2013, though Kotb kept Schiffman’s identity a secret from the public for a long time, referring to him only as “Boots” on air.
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