Hoda Kotb Gushes Over Her Love for Sneex: ‘I’m Never Taking Them Off as Long as I Live’

Mar. 15, 2025

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Hoda Kotbwants you to walk a mile in her shoes.

“I’ve never been happier in shoes in my life,” Kotb said at the start of the episode. She paired her black-and-white Sneex (a sneaker-heel hybrid) with a simple black dress. “Sara Blakely from Spanx made them. They feel, and I’m not joking, they feel like sneakers and they’re heels. They’re so comfortable, I could wear them anywhere. I’m never taking them off as long as I live.”

When Hager, 42, asked her co-host if she planned to wear them “every day,” Kotb said, “Every day. You’re going to get so sick of them.”

Hoda Kotb (left) and Jenna Bush Hager.NBC

Kotb continued to gush, “I love them. I’m going to wear them all the time. First of all, they give me the height and the comfort. What else is there? I’m not looking down all the time!”

When Hager claimed that the Sneex “don’t match every single outfit,” Kotb rebutted, “Yes, they do! I’d wear them with everything.”

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Hager then joked that Hotb goes through “phases like this” and she wants to “take bets with with all of us around here how long this is going to last.”

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Blakely, who founded Spanx shapewear in 2000, debuted her latest innnovation in August.Sneexis a sneaker-heel hybrid that “blends the style of a traditional high heel with the performance and comfort of a sneaker,” per a press release.

“We are fed the line that ‘beauty is pain’… but I don’t believe it has to be,” Blakely said via the release. “As a consumer, I have wanted to solve this problem for years.”

The patent-pending design, available in three styles and ten colorways onSneex.com, features fine napa leather and suede from Italy and Spain. Sneex are handcrafted in Spain with prices ranging from $395 (for styles likeThe Icon) to $595 (The Tepper) in whole sizes ranging from 5 to 11.

source: people.com