Hoda Kotb admits she has dabbled with dating apps and loves the idea of 'sweating' on a date

Hoda Kotb has admitted that she has dabbled pinch utilizing online making love apps to effort and find a emotion interest, conscionable months aft claiming she prefers to beryllium group up by friends.

During Wednesday's section of Today pinch Hoda & Jenna, nan TV show big - who recently announced she is quitting her job aft astir 7 years astatine nan helm - suggested apps specified arsenic Hinge and Tinder put excessively overmuch accent connected appearance.

She and her cohost, Jenna Bush Hager, were discussing nan truth that much and much group are opting not to usage their phones to effort and find love, erstwhile Jenna asked her outright: 'Did you ever usage a making love app?'

Hoda, 60, admitted: 'I did look astir connected one, but I didn't ever officially... you cognize erstwhile you conscionable shop astir but you're not connected it?' arsenic Jenna, 42, joked: 'It's for illustration looking astatine Zillow for existent property but you're not buying a house!'

The big - who split from her fiancé Joel Schiffman successful January 2022 - past claimed: 'So, I deliberation it's 1 of these things... group are realizing that erstwhile you meet someone, their looks are astir apt 1 5th - moreover little - of nan full package. You don't recognize astatine first because you conscionable spot nan shiny package and you're like, "Yay!"

'And past arsenic you get to cognize nan person, you either for illustration them much aliases for illustration them less. And often immoderate group who whitethorn not person nan shiniest package, nan much you get to cognize them, they get funnier and sexier and hotter.'

Jenna, who has been joined to Henry Hager since 2008, agreed and said: 'And I deliberation it's besides possibly a throwback. So fundamentally what's happening, there's 2 caller ways that are conscionable showing that group are complete nan integer connection.

'There's a tally nine successful New York City, which you whitethorn see, and location is simply a monolithic magnitude of group and they each deterioration black. Imagine each these group moving and single.'

Hoda past said: 'Oh wait, and past aft nan tally they spell to barroom and they're each sweaty and they're talking. I for illustration it, it's good!' earlier pointing out: 'I deliberation if you're not successful style you mightiness consciousness terrible. I deliberation I mightiness beryllium like, "Ugh," successful nan back with nan walkers!

'And also, it's intimidating,' she added arsenic Jenna revealed: 'I cognize personification told maine each nan basking guys tally accelerated and group are for illustration chasing them!' 

Hoda past admitted: 'But I do emotion nan thought of for illustration playing tennis connected a day aliases doing thing athletic, sweating,' arsenic Jenna added: 'But also, it's taking it distant from alcohol but also not everything exists successful nan phone, not everything has to beryllium a telephone connection. Let's meet successful existent life!'

Their comments travel aft Hoda admitted exclusively to DailyMail.com earlier this twelvemonth that she refuses to usage making love apps specified arsenic Tinder because she didn't want to meet immoderate 'weirdos.'

Sharing immoderate making love advice, nan mother-of-two said: 'Listen, you've sewage to find personification to group you up because that's nan beginning, but personification you spot enough, moreover if you've only known them for a fewer months, truthful what? 

'I deliberation a setup is awesome because there's astatine slightest nary weirdos to facet successful connected a setup. And if personification has recommended someone, there's much investment.'  

When asked astir online making love apps, Hoda replied: 'I don't do that!' earlier she continued: 'I consciousness for illustration location are truthful galore options now and making love is truthful weird. It's like, "I don't want that, I want that", but I deliberation erstwhile once you've been connected a mates of dates [with someone] and there's immoderate traction....' 

In August of this year, the TV prima shared her making love do's and don'ts and claimed that first day conversations tin beryllium 'awkward.'

'I deliberation first dates tin beryllium tons of fun, conscionable because it's like... I emotion nan beginning,' she said. 'It's like, not everything is retired location yet and I deliberation it's conscionable nosy to get to cognize somebody. But I deliberation it's besides important erstwhile you are making love - and we talked astir this - but fig retired what you want and really overmuch room you person and that's important.

'And don't dainty each day like, "Is this going to beryllium my person?" No, you're conscionable enjoying, you're conscionable delighting successful a date, that's it! It doesn't person to beryllium about, what is this going to mean down... no, it's like, I don't person to interest astir thing because, you cognize what, we're conscionable having a coffee.

'I don't person to interest astir is it going to get intimate, what is it like, I don't know. No, no, that's not happening! And if you return each nan unit disconnected yourself [and say] "This isn't my is he right? This is conscionable delightful, a delightful dinner",' she added.