Hoda Kotb broke down her decision to split from longtime partner Joel Schiffman in her new book.

“Our decision to part wasn’t one that we took lightly, but we knew it was the right one,” Kotb, 61, wrote in Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life, which was released on Tuesday, September 23. “It came from a place of love, not anger, which makes a big difference.”

Kotb and Schiffman, 67, started dating in 2013, waiting two years before taking their relationship public. A year into their relationship, Kotb told Schiffman that she wanted to “explore adoption” with him.

“Joel looked me in the eye, and without blinking, replied, ‘I don’t need a minute, and the answer is yes.’ I literally fell onto his chest and wept,” she wrote. “I sobbed, my tears a huge release of relief

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