Hoda Kotb will never get hitched to her financier beau Joel Schiffman, sources told The National ENQUIRER — because her first marriage to tennis coach Burzis Kanga was so emotionally devastating! “Hoda rarely talks about what really happened during her marriage,” an insider said. “She completely blindsided Burzis with the divorce filing and has been sour on marriage ever since. That’s why she won’t even consider tying the knot again.” While Hoda remains mum on her determination to avoid another celebrity divorce scandal, Burzis blamed sickness and their move to New York for the split. “We had some differences,” he told a source. “My father was ill. She was ill. It was a difficult time…”
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The pair met in New Orleans on Valentine’s Day in 2005, got engaged three months later in May and wed in December. They soon moved to New York City to further her career at NBC (Hoda's shown here on 'Today in 2007 with
Ann Curry) — but Burzis found Gotham “overwhelming.”
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On Feb. 15, 2007, just 14 months after their wedding, Hoda suddenly filed for divorce. That same month, she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer, which she would later beat. Burzis, too, has remained mum on the filing, telling an interviewer: “those were personal reasons for both of us.”
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But he hints that he didn’t handle their problems very well. “In hindsight, there was a level of immaturity on my part — mistakes I made,” he said. “It’s a shame it transpired that way.” Their divorce became final in February 2008.
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The pair met in New Orleans on Valentine’s Day in 2005, got engaged three months later in May and wed in December. They soon moved to New York City to further her career at NBC (Hoda's shown here on 'Today in 2007 with
Ann Curry) — but Burzis found Gotham “overwhelming.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
On Feb. 15, 2007, just 14 months after their wedding, Hoda suddenly filed for divorce. That same month, she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer, which she would later beat. Burzis, too, has remained mum on the filing, telling an interviewer: “those were personal reasons for both of us.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
But he hints that he didn’t handle their problems very well. “In hindsight, there was a level of immaturity on my part — mistakes I made,” he said. “It’s a shame it transpired that way.” Their divorce became final in February 2008.
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