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Hoda Kotb Is ‘Open to Dating’ Again Amid Her ‘Today’ Departure But ‘It’s Not Her Priority’

Hoda Kotb will be looking for love in her next chapter of life as she closes out her successful run on Today in early 2025, an insider exclusively tells Closer.

The NBC personality, who shares daughters Haley and Hope with Joel, 66, did go out on three dates with a mystery man earlier this year but decided to end things shortly after. “I did go on the third date, but I did kind of decide in that space — because this person who’s a lovely human being has a lot of … things that are being worked out — that I think I’m looking for more … simplicity,” Hoda said during an August 20 episode of “The Jamie Kern Lima Show” podcast. Still, her famous friends have been trying to hook her up with guys, including during a September 12 episode of Today when Jenna Bush Hager tried setting Hoda up with guest Lenny Kravitz.

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