Ali Wong is aware of simply the man for Hoda Kotb!
Throughout her look on Right this moment with Hoda and Jenna, the comic, 42, coyly revealed that she knew the right man to arrange with Kotb — her good friend and humorous man, Eric André.
“Eric André is like obsessive about you,” Wong smiled earlier than asking if she was accustomed to his work. She then pulled up a number of images of The Eric André Present persona, 41, including, “Look, he is a colourful dresser. He is the host of his personal present.”
The Beef actress flashed a photograph of André dressing up as Kotb in a light-weight brown wig and a purple gown for Halloween. “After which that!” she mentioned, referring to the picture. “Take a look at [this. It’s a] homage to you. Is that the primary time you’ve seen that?”
When Kotb and her cohost Jenna Bush Hager expressed their shock over the photographs, Bush Hager requested why Kotb was the inspiration behind his costume.
“As a result of he loves Hoda. I requested him, once I was speaking to him about courting, I used to be like, ‘What’s your sort?’ And he responded, ‘Hoda Kotb.’ No, I believe he simply mentioned ‘Hoda’ since you’re like, you realize, in that mono.. standing — what’s it, mononym standing?” Wong replied, referring to celebrities who’re referred to solely by their first names like Madonna and Cher.
Kotb confessed that she had no concept that André was “obsessed” together with her and Wong added that his fondness for her should not come as a shock as she has “a profession, you’re safe, you’re stunning.”
Bush Hager agreed that the 2 might actually hit issues off and quipped to Wong, “Let’s discuss after this!”
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Kotb was final linked to Joel Schiffman. In 2019, the financier popped the query to the printed journalist however the couple broke off their engagement in 2022 after eight years collectively. The pair share daughters Hope, 4, and Haley, 7.
Whereas she’s nonetheless on the hunt for her excellent match, Kotb informed PEOPLE she was altering her method to courting in an effort to stay true to herself.
“You recognize what? I simply resolve earlier than each date, I am gonna be precisely who I’m,” she mentioned in a March interview. “I am not gonna fake. I am gonna eat what I might usually and never get a salad. That is not for me. So I wish to be myself, so he is aware of that is me.”
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The mom of two additionally dished her recommendation for returning to the courting pool, saying, “If you happen to sit in your own home and order Domino’s Pizza, you are not assembly anyone. Okay?”
“You bought to simply type of exit, and who cares if it is a good day or a nasty day, it does not even matter,” she continued. “Exit, be taught somewhat, have some enjoyable and be open. Like simply do it. You get one experience across the solar. You may as properly exit and eat with somebody. They’re paying, who cares? Like, go do it.”
