Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough could soon go public as a couple. Page Six has exclusively learned that Brzezinski and her husband of 23 years have quietly divorced.
Popular MSNBC stars Scarborough and Brzezinski are widely rumored to be romantically involved and theres plenty of on-air chemistry for all to see. But while Scarborough is also divorced since 2013 the TV duo have never confirmed theyre romantically involved.
An NBC insider told us, Everybody at 30 Rock knows they are a couple . . . They are constantly together, they arrive and leave events together, even on weekends. They are each others publicists and finish each others sentences. Its the worst-kept secret in TV.
Brzezinski, 49, and her ex-husband, WABC Eyewitness News investigative reporter James Hoffer, who married in 1993, have undergone an under-the-radar divorce, which was recently settled, were told. They have two teenage daughters.
Scarborough, 53, divorced Susan Waren, a former aide to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, in 2013 after a 12-year marriage. The former couple, who have two children together, separated the previous year.
An MSNBC spokesperson confirmed to Page Six, Mikas divorce was finalized in the past year. Shes really grateful that it was done amicably and in private. This has, of course, been a painful time for her family. So right now she is focused on her two teenage daughters, and on continuing to heal.
The spokesperson declined to comment on the status of her relationship with Scarborough.
A friend of the Knowing Your Value author said: Mika has always been very open in her books and elsewhere about her failures and disappointments in life, her struggles with eating disorders, her career, the ups and downs of parenting.
The friend added, Im sure down the road shell want to share more about this experience, but right now she thinks its best for her family to have some privacy.
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