Hoda Kotb's engagement ring looks like a "stop sign".

Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb

The 'Today' host has likened her new piece of jewellery to the road sign as she confessed she "knows so little" about rings.

She said: "The diamond part is square and around it, it looks like a stop sign. And it's blue on the edge. Sapphires? I don't know. But I love it. He put it on and I was blown away by his choice, but I have to tell you I know so little about rings. I just don't. I have worn the same bracelet and earrings for a year. If someone were to quiz me on what rings are which, I would be in last place. I wouldn't know anything."

And the 55-year-old news anchor was so "touched" by the ring, although she admits she would have been "equally happy" whatever ring he had chosen.

She shared to People magazine: "What touched me so much about this ring is that he thought about it. And he thought about what I might like. He went to [Miller] and they were sharing things back and forth unbeknownst to me. He was giving her ideas ... It's a beautiful ring, don't get me wrong. If it was anything I would have been 1000 percent equally as happy 0 but the fact that he cared over the course of months to try to figure it out - I just assumed if it ever were to happen that he would have gone to a store and bought one. It's beautiful. He knows I don't care. He really does know that. But he said it was important for him to choose. And he did."