Hoda Kotb Celebrates "2 Great Years" With Boyfriend "Boots" Joel Schiffman—See the Pic!

Today co-host and her no-longer-a-secret love are quite happy together

By Rebecca Macatee Jun 04, 2015 6:14 PMTags
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Happy anniversary to Hoda Kotb and Boots!

That's right, the Today co-host and her financier beau Joel Schiffman (who she used to refer only by a code name à la Big on Sex and the City) have officially been together for—wait, how long has it been? According to Hoda's tweet Thursday, "2 great years!"

Up until January of this year, Joel's identity was a total mystery! It was only when Access Hollywood's Billy Bush accidentally "outed" Hoda that we finally found out who the heck this Boots character was! (BTW, Billy didn't feel too badly about blowing up Hoda and Joel's spot, because other reports of the couple on the beach had already been published.)

At the time, Hoda joked her man of 1.5 years was "out from the shadows," admitting, "You know I have to say it feels...I feel like some relief because you know when you feel like you're keeping a secret...I talked to him this morning and I was like, 'Who cares?' He said, 'Who cares?'"

We care, Hoda! The Today co-host is clearly smitten with this fell, too, which we love to see. In February, just a month after going public with Boots' real name, Hoda gushed to Andy Cohen about him on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live. "You know, I met him a couple of years ago," she said with a grin. "He's the greatest guy ever."

And—fret not-—he's totally approved by BFF Kathie Lee Gifford and her hubby Frank Gifford. Hoda said the couples' first meeting "went well"—Joel "loved" Kathie Lee, and he hit it off with her hubby, too!

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