Hoda Kotbhas given an update onKathie Lee Gifford’s love life.
Kotb, 56, made an appearance onWatch What Happens Live with Andy CohenThursday and said she still keeps in close contact with Gifford, her former co-host on the fourth hour ofToday.
“She’s happy,” Kotb said. “She’s in love.”
“She’s in love, she’s in Nashville, she’s singing,” she continued. “She’s doing all the things she enjoys.”
Gifford, 67, firstopened up about her new relationshipduring an appearance onTodayin April, after Kotb commented on how happy Gifford seemed.
“I’m in a really special relationship with somebody that is nice and fun and healthy, and so that’s good,” she said at the time, noting that she wasn’t “ready” to elaborate further — but that didn’t stop her old colleagues from pressing for more information.
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“Like a boyfriend, Kath?” co-anchorSavannah Guthrieasked. “You’re breaking some news here.”
Later that morning, Gifford popped into the fourth hour and offered a few more details while chatting with current co-hosts Kotb andJenna Bush Hager.
“I’ve just found somebody that is so much fun to be with,” she said. “He is challenging to me. He’s the smartest person I’ve ever met, but he’s funny.”
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She continued, “We have a great time together, and so at this point in my life that’s exactly what I need and exactly what I want, you know? Different seasons of life — we weren’t meant to know each other before, it’s right now. We don’t know what the future holds at all, but we’re having fun today.”
Gifford’s longtime husband, Frank Gifford,diedin 2015 at the age of 84. The pair wed in 1986 and welcomed sonCodyin 1990 and daughterCassidyin 1993.
“Our almost 30-year marriage was a real love affair and a true marriage in every sense of the word, so God redeemed,” she previouslytold PEOPLE.
source: people.com
