Hoda Kotb, 59, coyly reveals she went on her first date in TWO YEARS after split from fiance Joel Schiffman

Hoda Kotb has revealed she went on her first date in two years following her split from her former fiancé, financier Joel Schiffman.

The Today host, 59, opened up about the milestone on The Kelly Clarkson Show while talking about her weekly 'Thankful Thursday' — the one day she gets completely to herself. 

'I do have to say something. Something did happen the other day that hasn’t happened in two years. I had a date,' Kotb gleefully announced. 

The audience erupted into applause as Clarkson, 42, acknowledged that it was a big step after getting out of a long-term relationship. 

Hoda Kotb, 59, revealed on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she went on her first date in two years

Kotb and her former fiancé, Joel Schiffman, called off their engagement in January 2022 

'That's huge, even to be in a place to do that,' the singer said.  

Kotb didn't share any details about the meet-up, but she implied it was casual. 

'It was just a date. It was nothing but a date,' she said. 

Kotb accidentally revealed that she had a date while chatting with Jennifer Lopez on the February 15 episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna. 

'You just told me about your setup tonight,' the actress said, putting her on the spot. 

'I just told her I had a date tonight, which that wasn’t supposed to be public,' the broadcast journalist admitted, laughing.  

Kotb shares two adopted daughters with Schiffman, Haley Joy, seven, and Hope Catherine, who turns five next month. 

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

The Today host didn't share any details about the meet-up, but she implied it was casual. 'It was just a date. It was nothing but a date,' she told Clarkson 

'Do you ever think about going out on a date?' Kotb asked Clarkson after sharing her dating news. 'Not at all. Not even a little bit,' the singer said bluntly

Kotb insisted there was no bad blood between them, saying they were 'better as friends and parents.'

The former couple has 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. 

Clarkson is also a single mother of two after filing for divorce from her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock in 2020. 

'Do you ever think about going out on a date?' Kotb asked her during her appearance on the show. 

'Not at all. Not even a little bit,' Clarkson said bluntly. 'I am really loving not having a man in my life.'

Kotb accidentally revealed that she had a date while chatting with Jennifer Lopez on the February 15 episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna 

Kotb shares two adopted daughters with Schiffman, Haley Joy, seven, and Hope Catherine, who turns five next month

The American Idol alum explained that it was hard enough balancing her career and being present for her children, River Rose, nine, and Remington 'Remy' Alexander, seven, that she wasn't ready to add dating into the mix. 

She is also adjusting to life on the East Coast after moving her family and her talk show from Los Angeles to New York City last year.  

Kotb praised Clarkson for uprooting her life and starting fresh in the Big Apple. 

'You did something that I'm calling "re-potting,"' she said. 'You pulled yourself up, girl, by your roots, and your roots were dangling in the air. You must have thought, "Am I going to land? What's going to happen? I might be dying."

'I might have been mediated,' Clarkson interjected.

'And all of a sudden you brought those roots to New York City,' Kotb continued. 'You stuck them in fertile ground. Look at what has happened to you since you moved here... You are flourishing in a way that I did not see all those years ago.'