Hoda Kotb, 59, reveals her dating ‘red flags’ and admits she has GOOGLED potential suitors in the past to try and find any major warning signs

Now host Hoda Kotb has admitted to beforehand Googling potential suitors before going out with them and discovered what she thinks are large ‘red flags’ when she’s out on meal dates with adult men.

The 59-yr-aged Tv star, who break up from her fiancé Joel Schiffman in January 2022, recently verified that she was relationship once again and was even going on a third day with the very same mystery man in March – but she has now shared a single of her biggest convert offs.

In the course of a chat with her Today co-host Jenna Bush Hager, Hoda shared her views on Simone Biles‘ recent physical appearance on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, and reacted to the feedback the gymnast designed about snooping on her now husband Jonathan Owens’ Instagram right before they got collectively.

‘I like how she also did a fast deep dive. She was like, “I like him, let us get in”, for the reason that this is the thing with social media, you know everybody’s historical past. You cannot escape your past and you are not able to truly pretend until you are pretending all the way on social media,’ Hoda stated.

Jenna, 42, replied: ‘I know, so it is unusual that now if you have a crush on somebody, you can just Google them on up. Do you?’ to which Hoda admitted: ‘I’ve accomplished that, and often I like to know fewer simply because I experience like you never really get a reasonable shot at just about anything.’

The mom-of-two ongoing: ‘Because, like we say, you happen to be different just about every few many years, you weren’t the same person. 

‘If anyone appeared at you back again in the working day and seemed at you these days, I necessarily mean look at your depth, you have been a pretty deep… you have meaningful conversations you treatment about those issues.’ 

Jenna then explained: ‘That’s the most important detail, if you are just Googling for headlines, that isn’t obtaining to know anyone, which is just a snapshot, that is a single story of somebody,’ as Hoda pointed out: ‘I indicate, if there is a consistent thread like, “uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, purple flag”… you happen to be not modifying him.’

Her co-host agreed and replied: ‘You do require to get to truly know folks, not just see their headlines, not just see their profile photos, not just read through about… see their aged girlfriends, that ain’t more than enough.’

Hoda then recommended: ‘That’s not more than enough, you’ve bought to just have a sit-down but have confidence in your instincts,’ prior to seemingly referring to earlier dates she has been on.

‘Sometimes men who are also charming… in the commencing it truly is good and you happen to be like, “wow they’re dazzling”, but immediately after a when they’re seeking to dazzle the waitress and dazzle this a person and dazzle that one particular,’ the broadcaster reported.

Hoda’s responses appear just one day just after Jenna confirmed for the duration of Tuesday’s present that her co-host is even now really much one and ‘looking for the one’.

The mom-of-a few blurted it out as she attempted to apparent up some confusion about the id of a person who had been mistaken for just one of Hoda’s likely love passions, revealing that he was really her driver, not her boyfriend. 

The confusion arose following Hoda pointed out the guy, Eddie, throughout a conversation about basketball, foremost some lovers to presume she was referring to a intimate lover.

‘Wait, and we need to just say… Eddie drives you… individuals thought he was your boyfriend for a moment,’ Jenna explained as Hoda giggled and replied: ‘No, no!’

Jenna ongoing: ‘No, they did! And I observed him yesterday and I was like, “What is up Eddie?” and he was like, “Can you feel it?”

‘Eddie, you appreciate him?’ Jenna additional as Hoda responded: ‘I really like Eddie dearly, I have worked with him for several a long time and I connect with him my Eddie,’ as Jenna pressured: ‘He’s your Eddie, but that isn’t going to signify he is your passionate Eddie.’

Showing up to ensure that Hoda is nonetheless solitary, Jenna then extra: ‘Any of y’all that considered she experienced found the a person, she’s even now looking,’ as Hoda giggled nervously.