When the fourth hour of the Today show seemed to be an utter snooze-fest, drastic measures had to be taken. The Today show craved spark, liveliness, or as Kathie Lee Gifford told AARP, “It needed trouble!”. Well, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb brought just that, double-trouble!
The dynamic duo brings an entirely different vibe to the news station- celebrity interviews, food, makeovers, music, girl talk, gossip and games. Not your average news station, huh?
“There are enough channels around where people can get a heavy dose of breaking and bad news,” says Kotb.
Besides their morning wine routine, the two stylin’ and slim hostesses turn to a healthy lifestyle to keep that energy up every single morning.
Kathie Lee Gifford tells AARP magazine, “I’ve been following this advice: living the clean, well-rested, well-exercised life, or at least die trying to.”
To read more on the pair- check out AARP magazines June issue, where Kathie Lee and Hoda flash their smiles on the cover.
Kathie Lee back for more
KLG: “It’s so hard to find magic the first time. To think it could happen twice…?”
Their friendship. Fake or For real?
KLG: “I only knew the “Dateline” Hoda, but I had lunch with the happy hour Hoda. I loved her! [I said] You’re the kind of person I’d be friends with for the rest of my life. … I thought my heart didn’t have any more room for more people. I felt I didn’t have enough time for the friends I already had. But if I hadn’t made room for Hoda, I would have missed out on one of the great blessings of my life.”
HK: “I say thank you to Kathie Lee all the time. Before her, I’d still be doing what I was doing and not know what I was missing. My life would be half as full.”
Not your average news station
HK: “Our show is a place to forget your troubles.”
KLG: “We don’t take ourselves seriously. If we’re having fun, our audience has fun. Fun is contagious. … Everybody started wanting cocktails, and we couldn’t be rude.”
HK: “[The wine] is a prop as much as anything, but it invites you to the party.”
The purpose of life
HK: “At that point you either look for potholes everywhere, or you realize your life has margins, and you stop wasting time.”
KLG: “If you have a pulse, you have a purpose. Every morning, before I get out of bed now, I take my pulse. If I have one, that means that God’s not finished with me yet. I still have work to do on this planet.”
On finding love again
HK: “I’m a believer that the next great love can be around the corner. Anderson Cooper’s mom [Gloria Vanderbilt] once said, ‘I love falling in love.’ That totally lit me up. I really want to meet the right guy for me.”
