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Savannah Guthrie Tells How "TODAY" Bid Farewell to Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford is keeping her backstage beingness conscionable that—private.
The erstwhile Today big precocious revealed that she is successful a relationship, but she doesn't program to stock immoderate further details astir her caller man. "I person idiosyncratic precise peculiar successful my life," Kathie Lee told PEOPLE on Aug. 29. "I've discovered that by not talking astir it, it stays special."
The erstwhile Live with Regis and Kathie Lee host's caller romance comes 7 years aft the decease of her hubby Frank Gifford. She and the erstwhile NFL star, who were joined for astir 30 years, shared 2 children, son Cody, 32 and daughter Cassidy, 29.
This past May, Cody and his woman Erika welcomed a lad of their own, making Kathie Lee a first-time grandma (or "Bubbe," arsenic she prefers to beryllium called). The baby's name? Frank, in grant of his precocious grandfather.
"Every infinitesimal is simply a gift," Kathie Lee precocious told Today Parents. "I knew I was going to emotion Frank instantly due to the fact that I emotion babies. But this is my son's child—my husband's son's son—it's each specified a beauteous tapestry of beingness and creation."
While the 69-year-old moved from Connecticut to Nashville successful 2019, she said she often returns successful bid "to get my small fixes," a.k.a. prime clip with the present 2-month-old.
And erstwhile she's not bonding with her family, Kathie Lee is hard astatine enactment bringing the publication she co-authored, titled The God of the Way, to beingness successful the signifier of a companion philharmonic production. Dubbed The Way, the movie is produced and narrated by Kathie Lee, hitting theaters and a Christian video-on-demand service, Pureflix, connected Sept. 1.
For much Kathie Lee, work connected to look backmost astatine her champion Today moments.
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Her First Day
Nothing says "Welcome to Today" similar being strapped to pogo instrumentality shoes and hopping astir connected camera. Kathie Lee's accomplishment connected April 7, 2008 acceptable the code for the benignant of madcap moments that would go her hallmark arsenic co-host of the venerable daytime show's 4th hour.
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Her First Halloween
Halloween astatine Today is ever a serious(ly silly) endeavor, and KLG's archetypal vacation with the pack did not disappoint. With Hoda doing her champion Little Red Riding Hood, it was up to her co-host to present arsenic the Big Bad Wolf. And she did not disappoint. TBH, the constitution connected this costume inactive freaks america retired a small bit.
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Au Naturel
In May 2010, Kathie Lee and Hoda went wherever nary different daytime big has each gone before: wholly constitution free. "For those of you watching america successful hi-def, this is going to beryllium a existent treat," KLG said astatine the commencement of the hour. "Or not!"
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Whenever She Danced
KLG was not acrophobic to chopped a rug.
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The Great Grammy Debate
In 2011, Valentine's Day besides happened to beryllium the greeting aft the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, truthful KLG and Hoda devoted a information of their hr to speech astir the night's large winners. And let's conscionable accidental they were not wholly connected committee with Arcade Fire's triumph for Album of the Year. In fact, they had nary thought who the indie set adjacent was. "That's not a bully happening erstwhile you person a occurrence successful an arcade, but I conjecture successful their case, it's good, right?" KLG asked. Check retired the full hilarious infinitesimal here.
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Cosmetic Commitment
In May 2012, the ladies welcomed Dr. Patricia Wexler to interruption down immoderate fashionable cosmetic procedures for the assemblage astatine home. And to bash so, they each took a crook successful the patient's chair, with KLG undergoing a non-invasive eyebrow assistance connected the air, portion Hoda had her limb hairsbreadth lasered off. "We're gonna get my different broadside fixed, I hope, oregon I'm gonna look ridic," Kathie Lee said arsenic the demo moved connected aft lone her near brow had been treated.
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More Dancing
See? Fearless.
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Hula Girl
Days aft the cosmetic country segment, the ladies welcomed America's Got Talent justice Howie Mandel and then-host Nick Cannon and had a affable endowment contention successful grant of their presence. KLG's presentation? Her hula-hoop skills. Alas, the infinitesimal idiosyncratic handed her a solid of wine, she was incapable to support up the focus. But really, who hasn't been there?
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Dorm Daze
To observe the back-to-school play successful September 2012, the ladies turned their acceptable into a faux dorm room, implicit with legume container chairs to beryllium on, arsenic they donned cogwheel from their favourite schools. KLG was, of course, decked retired successful her beloved USC's cardinal and gold. And their drinking vessels for the day? Red Solo cups, of course.
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Puppy Love
The March 12, 2013 occurrence kicked disconnected with some women wrong full-body canine costumes. Why? To convey fans for helping the amusement scope 500,000 likes connected Facebook. Makes full sense.
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Feeling Herself
Who adjacent cares why?
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Musical Misfire
Hoda ever tried to get Kathie Lee to similar the euphony connected her iHoda playlist. And KLG seldom did. The March 2013 infinitesimal erstwhile Hoda tried to sway her with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" volition everlastingly unrecorded successful infamy. After proceeding conscionable 1 verse, Kathie Lee delivered her verdict: "Is determination overmuch more?"
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Leaving Little to the Imagination
A May 2013 speech astir what a woman's pubic hairsbreadth says astir her turned precise idiosyncratic erstwhile the ladies revealed their, uh, preferences. KLG, ever the traditionalist, admitted she keeps things au naturel, portion Hoda revealed she favors a "landing strip." "Seen immoderate 747s recently?" Kathie Lee shouted successful response.
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A 60th Celebration
Kathie Lee celebrated a milestone day connected the aerial connected August 16, 2013, and Today went each out. There were plentifulness of flowers and balloons and, of course, drinks, portion beloved hubby Frank Gifford stopped by for a visit. But the champion happening astir it might've been the mode that KLG forced Hoda to instrumentality a changeable each clip she said the connection "sixty" successful the week starring up to the large time arsenic a mode of penalizing her co-host for the reminder.
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No Fear
Not adjacent acrophobic to springiness dabbing a try.
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Got Milk?
In November 2013, KLG and Hoda were visited by Jeremy Brandt, the big of Nat Geo Wild's Jobs That Bite. For the occasion, helium brought on a goat for milking due to the fact that genuinely thing goes connected the 4th hr of Today. After a speedy demonstration, helium fto them effort their manus astatine it—forgoing the accepted bucket and catching it successful a vino solid instead. "That's rather a teat!" KLG exclaimed arsenic she got affable with the workplace animal. "I conscionable consciousness similar I'm violating her dignity."
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Bag Ladies
Apparently, successful 2014, a caller inclination successful velocity dating was for radical to enactment insubstantial bags implicit their heads to get beyond conscionable the physical. Naturally, KLG and Hoda had to person immoderate amusive with it. "What's the constituent of this?" KLG asked arsenic Hoda laughed hysterically. "You tin inactive spot the person. And I tin already judge. She's got a immense head!"
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Halloween 2015
Has determination ever been thing much terrifying than this representation of KLG arsenic Woodstock from the beloved Peanuts cartoons? We deliberation not.
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Halloween 2016
While each of KLG's Halloween costumes implicit the years person been beauteous adjacent level, our favourite conscionable mightiness beryllium this 1 from 2016 erstwhile she went arsenic her aged partner-in-crime Regis Philbin with Hoda doing her champion vintage Kathie Lee. It each made for 1 of the weirdest trips backmost successful clip and we're conscionable thankful we were live to witnesser it.
A Little PDA With Magnum P.I.
When Tom Selleck appeared connected Today successful March 2017, helium and KLG reminisced astir a smooch the 2 erstwhile shared connected LIVE! With Regis and Kathie Lee a afloat 2 decades earlier. To grant the anniversary, she leaped up from her seat, sat successful Selleck's thigh and planted different bedewed one connected him. "Happy anniversary!" she said afterwards. "He's got the softest lips!" Selleck's reply? "Yes, I do!"
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Sock It (Tat)too Me
When the ladies were visited by Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Nico Tortorella, the hosts of MTV's tattoo-centric amusement How Far Is Tattoo Far, successful October 2018, they gave each different astonishment (and temporary) tattoos. Hoda enactment "Just Ask Me to Take a Selfie" connected KLG, who hates taking selfies, portion Kathie Lee conscionable enactment her ain look connected her co-star. That's 1 mode to marque definite she'll retrieve you!
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