Hoda Kotb Jokes Gavin Rossdale Has a ‘Sort’ Amid Gwen Lookalike Romance
Hoda Kotb shouldn’t be holding again sharing her ideas on Gavin Rossdale’s new relationship together with his girlfriend, Xhoana Xheneti.
“That is so fascinating. So he’s making headlines. So why is he making headlines? Nicely you realize, he was famously married to Gwen Stefani for 13 years,” Kotb, 59, defined on the Monday, Could 13, episode of At this time With Hoda and Jenna, earlier than instructing viewers and her cohost, Jenna Bush Hager, to shut their eyes.
An image of Rossdale, 58, and Xheneti embracing got here onto the display as Kotb exclaimed, “What?” Within the snap, Xheneti bared a putting resemblance to Stefani, 54, together with her platinum blonde hair, facial options and a vibrant crimson lip.
“I assumed, ‘Poor Blake [Shelton],’” Kotb mentioned of her response after seeing the picture, referencing Stefani’s husband, 47. “That’s what I assumed for a second. For one second. They appear precisely the identical. He has a kind.”
Bush Hager, 42, agreed that Xheneti and Stefani shared a number of similarities. “However for a kind to appear like an equivalent twin, they usually gown the identical, crimson lipstick, hair, all of it.” Kotb added, “That may be form of bizarre.”
Bush Hager famous that if an ex obtained right into a relationship with somebody who had a resemblance to their earlier accomplice, she would consider the state of affairs as “flattering.”
“I feel you need to assume, ‘I’m the one which obtained away,’” Bush Hager mentioned. “Which each and every lady thinks that and often it’s not true.”
Rossdale made his relationship with Xheneti Instagram official in March 2024, years after Stefani filed for divorce from him in 2015. Stefani, for her half, has since remarried Shelton.
As for whether or not Kotb has a kind of her personal relating to males, she famous that she used to — however doesn’t anymore.
“I used to love form of Omar Sharif. Like, that form of suave. After which I stored switching. I like athletes it doesn’t matter what they appear like,” Kotb mentioned, to which Bush Hager replied, “I’m asking as a result of I’m nonetheless looking for you any individual. So athletes it doesn’t matter what they appear like?”
Kotb confirmed that was true and added, “And I like any individual who’s obtained sturdy ethical … like Henry [Hager], by the best way. You’ve got a terrific husband.”
Kotb, for her half, not too long ago shared that she’s occurring a 3rd date with a thriller man two years after her break up from ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman.
“I feel it was simply the form of enjoyable of speaking about one thing that wasn’t children and wasn’t work,” she mentioned on the Friday, Could 10, episode of The Drew Barrymore Present. It was simply life, and I missed that. And he’s actually good-looking.”