Hoda Kotb hints that she had a post-breakup liaison with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman - after admitting to falling into 'old habits' with a former flame while discussing Cardi B's hookup with Offset /d

Hoda has admitted to falling into ‘old habits’ with an ex, hinting that she may have had a post-breakup liaison with her former fiancé, Joel Schiffman.

The Today host, 59, made the confession on Wednesday’s show while chatting with her co-star Jenna Bush Hager, 42, about Cardi B hooking up with her estranged husband, Offset, in Miami on New Year’s Eve.

Kotb shared that she could relate to their predicament, saying she once found herself in a similar situation with an unnamed former flame.

‘I have fallen into old habits,’ she told Bush Hager, seemingly referring to Schiffman, her most recent public relationship.

Hoda Kotb, 59, admitted to falling into ‘old habits’ with an ex on the Today show Wednesday, seemingly referring to her former fiancé, Joel Schiffman

The host made the confession while chatting with her co-star Jenna Bush Hager about Cardi B hooking up with her estranged husband, Offset, in Miami on New Year’s Eve

‘And I did regret it after the old habit happened,’ she added. ‘It’s like one of those things that you say to yourself, “Just a little more willpower and I would have been fine.”‘

Kotb and Schiffman, 65, were together for eight years and engaged for two when she announced their split on the Today show in January 2022.

The broadcast journalist said she could understand how Carbi B, 31, and Offset, 32, may have had a temporary lapse in judgment following their split.

‘After you’ve been with someone for seven years, and you see them, and it’s New Year’s Eve, sometimes if you’ve been broken up for even a month or two or whatever it is…sometimes you forget what it was that was bugging [you],’ she said.

‘There are times where you’re like, “What was so bad about that?”‘

Bush Hager insisted that Christmas and New Year’s are ‘major traps’ that will have you feeling sentimental and tempted to reach out to a former love.

‘All the Hallmark movies are looking like a Christmas tree farmer and a librarian are coming together, and you think, “Maybe I should call my ex,”‘ she said.

‘Just to say hi. Just a text. “Hey, just wanted to wish you happy holidays.” That’s all,’ Kotb chimed in.

Kotb (pictured with Schiffman) shared that she could relate to their predicament, saying she once found herself in a similar situation with an unnamed former flame

Kotb and Schiffman were together for eight years and engaged for two when she announced their split on the Today show in January 2022. They share adopted daughters Haley and Hope

‘Don’t do that,’ Bush Hager warned, saying it could lead to a ‘You up?’ message and a regrettable rendezvous.

Cardi B confirmed her separation from Offset in December after six months of marriage. They share two children, daughter Kulture, five, and son Wave, two.

Despite their recent Christmas outing with their kids and New Year’s Eve hookup, she has shut down speculation that they had reconciled.

Kotb also has two children with Schiffman, adopted daughters Haley Joy, six, and Hope Catherine, four.

The former couple met at a book signing in 2013, and they immediately hit it off. They had been together for six years when he popped the question during a trip to Mexico in 2019.

The former couple have remained dedicated to co-parenting their daughters, and they wore matching rainbow costumes when they took their children trick-or-treating on Halloween

Kotb had a Christmas stocking for Schiffman hanging inside her New York City apartment over the holidays

They had to postpone their destination wedding three times due to the pandemic before they called off their engagement at the start of 2022.

Kotb insisted there was no bad blood between them, explaining that their relationship had merely run its course.

‘I don’t regret one day, not one minute, not one second of our time together because it brought me here. I have two incredible children I share with him,’ she said.

‘And it’s because of Joel that I have Haley and Hope, without question. I think I might have been too afraid to do it alone. That’s not something I love to admit, but it’s true.’

Kotb and Schiffman have remained dedicated to co-parenting their daughters, and they were both present when their girls had their first day of school in September.

They wore matching rainbow costumes when they took their children trick-or-treating on Halloween, and Kotb had a Christmas stocking for Schiffman hanging inside her New York City apartment over the holidays.