Kathie Lee Gifford Slams Critics Who Say She Looks ‘Old’

Kathie Lee Gifford is clapping again on the individuals who say she is “getting previous.” The In the present day alum had a witty response to critics of her age.

On Wednesday, July 17, Kathie Lee appeared on Today with Hoda Kotb to advertise her new e book, Herod and Mary: The True Story of the Tyrant King and the Mom of the Risen Savior.

“Our pricey buddy, Kathie Lee Gifford, is right here. She labored on this stunning constructing with me for 11 years,” Hoda, 59, informed viewers through the episode.

“And ever since then individuals all the time ask me, ‘What’s Kath doing? What’s Kath doing?’” the NBC character continued.

Kathie Lee then chimed in with a response that many have since praised her for.

“Who cares! She’s getting previous,” she mentioned. “And you understand what, so are all of you — at the very same tempo; one second at a time.”

“So don’t speak about how previous I look!” the Baxters actress concluded.

Weeks forward of her 71st birthday subsequent month, Kathie Lee admitted that she by no means anticipated to have such a booming profession in present enterprise.

“I by no means got down to be well-known,” the singer-songwriter, who welcomed children Cassidy and Cody Gifford with late husband Frank Gifford, informed TODAY.com. “My daddy used to say to me after I was rising up, ‘Honey, discover one thing you’d like to do after which work out a method to receives a commission for it.’ And for me, coming right into a studio, then sitting down and simply speaking and being genuine was not work, particularly if it was with Regis or Hoda.”

Kathie Lee echoed a similar sentiment about fame when chatting with Nearer earlier this month.

“Yeah, however not for the higher,” the Dwell With Regis and Kathie Lee alum mentioned. “I by no means needed to be well-known. I used to be by no means the prettiest woman who tried out for a job. I used to be by no means the neatest. I wasn’t one of the best actress. I used to be by no means one of the best singer. I used to be by no means, ever, one of the best, however I labored the toughest, fairly frankly. I labored my tush off, and I used to be all the time variety to everyone.”

After waving goodbye to In the present day in April 2019, Kathie Lee has skilled so many extra rewarding occasions in her life, together with changing into a grandmother to her three precious grandchildren: Frankie, Ford and Finn.

“Actually what makes me so comfortable is watching my kids. Cody and Cassidy are each a lot in love with their spouses,” Kathie Lee gushed. “They’re such unbelievable dad and mom. To look at them love one another and the infants, it simply brings me such pleasure.”

As for what she’s most grateful for, Kathie Lee pointed to her supporters for all the time being in her nook.

“There’s not a day in my life the place I don’t go someplace and 5 individuals will come up and say, ‘I’ve watched you my complete life,” she mentioned. “Thanks a lot.’ That brings me pleasure. What issues in life is the individuals you’ve touched and the individuals you’ve modified.”