Hoda Kotb Says She Now Sleeps in Until 4:30 a.m. and Rides Bikes With Her Kids After Moving to the Suburbs

Former “Today” show co-host Hoda Kotb is taking in all that the suburbs have to offer by sleeping in until 4:30 a.m. and riding bikes with her children, following her move from Manhattan to Bronxville.

The 60-year-old, who announced in September 2024 that she would be stepping down from the hit morning show in order to spend more time with her kids, opened up about her new morning routine inside her $2.9 million upstate mansion in a wide-ranging interview with Wall Street Journal.

While speaking to the outlet, the mom of two revealed that she is blessed with an “extra hour of sleep” and “loves” her mornings because they allow her to have some time to herself.

“I used to wake up at 3:30, but now I sleep in [until] 4:30. It’s an hour of extra sleep. It’s so crazy to have that,” said Kotb, who recently launched a new wellness brand, Joy 101, which allows people to achieve more grounded and calming lifestyles.

The mom, who moved her children Haley, 8, and Hope, 6, to an expansive home in upstate New York, confessed that waking up early lets her soak in some time to herself.

When asked if the TV personality had ever tested how late she could sleep in, she responded, “No. I love my mornings. They’re sacred. If left to my own devices, no kids and no puppy, I bet you I could do 8 a.m., but I think it would be pushing it.”

Although she is up before the sun, Kotb revealed that there is always plenty for her to do, telling the outlet she always begins her mornings with a shower and “meditation.”

“I shower first thing and have a mini-routine. I start off with meditation. It gives me clarity and energy. I keep a notepad next to where I’m sitting, because when your mind finally settles, all of a sudden stuff just starts flying out. I do that for about 30 minutes. I’ve been loving Suleika Jaouad; she wrote “The Book of Alchemy,” and she has all these journal prompts.

“I’ve been working out with weights, like dumbbells and pushing sleds. It’s so fun. It’s a place called Transform Fitness. I do that for an hour,” she explained.

Since leaving her on-air role and ditching the Big Apple, Kotb revealed that she has had a lot more time to spend having fun with her children.

“I’ve slowed everything down. I go on bike rides with my kids, we play tennis. Things that I never thought of. When I’m driving them around, they’re telling me stories that I wasn’t in the car to [hear] before. Haley came with me to the gym and she sat on the sled and I pushed it,” she said.

Further in the interview, Kotb revealed that the first time she felt “free” on TV was when she co-hosted the fourth hour of “Today” with Kathie Lee Gifford.

She said, “I had never been free on the air. I’d been on “Dateline,” and I think that was not my personality. I tried really hard [and] I loved it, but the first time I felt in flow was with Kath. All of a sudden I was allowed to be me. Kathie was the one who gave me the green light to do it.”

Her new morning-routine revelation comes just one month after Kotb revealed the “newest addition” to her family in a sweet Instagram video that showed them welcoming adorable pup Waffles at their abode.

In the clip, a woman can be seen dropping off the cute canine to Kotb and Haley and Hope, outside of their Bronxville property, which the former news anchor purchased in the spring of 2024.

Speaking to Today.com ahead of her last day on the show, Kotb opened up about her desire to embrace a new routine with her kids at the four-bedroom, five-bathroom, center-hall Colonial.

She was excited to have a more “normal” day-to-day regimen after years of early mornings, she explained.

“I’m just going to let us be a family with a normal rhythm of life. See what we become,” the on-air celebrity, who was replaced by Craig Melvin, said.

“I’m going to let [my daughters] take more trips and stay up a little later because part of the reason I put them to bed at that hour is because I’ve got to go to bed. I’m like, ‘Goodnight! Everyone’s going to bed.’ They’re like, ‘It’s 6:30!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, lights out!'”

Since then, the popular TV host has devoted much of her energy to her children, regularly sharing updates with her 2.7 million Instagram followers from her new life in the suburbs.

That new life, she revealed recently, also includes the girls’ father, Kotb’s former fiancé Joel Schiffman, who recently spent time at the Bronxville dwelling while celebrating Father’s Day.

Kotb took to Instagram to share sweet images of her former partner enjoying a fun-filled day in and around her home, proving that—despite their split—the duo are putting their past behind them in order to focus on co-parenting their daughters.

In one image, Schiffman, 67, could be seen grinning from ear to ear while sharing a sweet embrace with his kids inside 60-year-old Kotb’s kitchen at her $2.9 million home, which she purchased in April 2024, shortly before she quit the “Today” show.

A second snap showed him strolling hand in hand with Hope through what appeared to be a local mall.

Kotb gushed about Schiffman in the caption, penning, “A great father’s day for a great dad! Happy Father’s Day Joel!”

Although Schiffman and Kotb once lived together in New York City with their kids, the mother of two made the decision in 2024 to move her children to the suburbs in a bid to give them more “normality,” while it’s thought her former partner remained in Manhattan.

However, he made sure to take a break from the honking taxis and towering skyscrapers to make a trip to Bronxville, which is a mere 30-minute drive from Manhattan.

Schiffman’s journey upstate comes just weeks after Kotb revealed that her move had been motivated, at least in part, by her daughter Hope’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

During a May 28 appearance on “Today,” Kotb explained there was another reason behind her decision, conceding that she wanted to spend more time with her daughter, rather than worrying about her health constantly because she was away from her.

“As anyone with a child who has Type 1 [diabetes], especially a little kid, you’re constantly watching, you’re constantly monitoring, you’re constantly checking, which is what I did all the time when I was [on the ‘Today’ show]. You’re distracted,” she shared.

“You just get a priority check in your life. I can be here and sweating what’s happening to Hope in the morning and in the night, or I can be there and feel relief that I can see.”