To toast the arrival of the Daily News’ new columnists Kathie Lee Gifford[1] and Hoda Kotb, we cornered them Tuesday in Gifford’s dressing room at “Today” so we could get to know them a little better.
Okay, ladies, what are your favorite foods?
Kathie Lee: Italian!
Hoda Kotb: I might go with Indian
KLG: I’ve eaten with you a thousand times, you’ve never had Indian food once!
HK: Because we go to restaurants you like!
Heels or flats?
HK: Heels.
KLG: Flats, D r. Scholl’s flats. Trendy and black patent leather, and I’m freshly pedicured, thank you. I’ve had two major surgeries on my feet. I’m not wearing heels unless I have to, thank you very much.
Any preference when it comes to handbags?
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The bubbly pair are best known for lightening up daytime TV on NBC's 'Today."
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HK: Mine is, um, to be completely honest, a free tote that was delivered.
KLG: I gave you a Gucci purse!
HK: What I carry in the tote are three Ziplocs. Each one has — can I tell you something? — they’re very easy to see through. You can easily find your cash or ‘Oh, look, there’s my lipstick.’
KLG: I don’t give her anything anymore. I can’t believe she can’t find the Gucci purse.
Kathie?
KLG: This is about a 25-year-old Chanel that I got when I used to make good money on another show.
What are your favorite drinks?
KLG: She doesn’t talk about it much, but Hoda does love her some vodka.
HK: My drink of choice outside of wine, outside of a Pinot Noir, is vodka. I make the best mojito. Take a half of lime, squeeze it, the whole half, muddle the mint and I do ginger ale, vodka, lots of crushed ice. It’s freaking off the chain.
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Kathie Lee Gifford is best known for her long run on Live with 'Regis and Kathie Lee' from 1985 to 2000.
KLG: I’m a white-wine girl, pretty much. It has to be either a nice crisp Pinot Grigio or a very light Chardonnay, thank you very much.
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How did you two meet?
KLG: We met very cute at Michael’s restaurant, and Hoda ambushed me.
HK: Yes, Kathie Lee was eating. She was having lunch with a friend, and we needed a guest co-host that week. So my friend and I were looking, and we were like, ‘Oh, my God, is that Kathie Lee Gifford? That looks like Kathie Lee Gifford!’ And I knew her like you guys knew her, from “Regis and Kathie Lee —
KLG: That great television show!
HK: Oh, God, again with that. Anyway, so we go up to her and ask her, ‘What are you doing later this week? Are you busy? Can you guest co-host?’ And you said you’d check, and that was the first meeting and then she came on the show and that was it, I mean it was over. Everything was out: The boobs were out, the hair was big, everyone was in!
I gotta tell you, the news president and the head of MSNBC both came across the street to Studio 1A, which they never do, ever. They were in our studio after Kathie Lee’s day and that was it.
KLG: You know why? ’Cause I didn’t give a rip. I wasn’t auditioning, you know? I was just showing up, and I was just having fun. Sometimes you just play it so safe when there’s a lot at stake, you know, and I had no intention of ever coming back to daytime television.
But Hoda and I went to lunch at the Rainbow Room. We started around one and ended as they were getting ready for the dinner crowd to come in, and we laughed and we cried. I sang to her; she loved it: (starts singing) “I want to matter, to have meant something special to somebody else, to have made a small difference simply being myself to believe...” — it goes on for a while. Anyway, she liked it — unless she faked it.
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When not co-hosting the fourth hour of 'Today,' Hoda Kotb is also a correspondent for 'Dateline.'
How much time do you spend together?
HK: Wednesdays when we went to matinees and had lunch, stuff like that. It sort of just depends. I mean, think about it: I see Kathie Lee probably more than I see anyone, ’cause we come in and we’re together all day. Sometimes, we’ll have lunch together, and some nights we’ve gone out for dinner together. I’ve stayed over at her house.
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They say you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with, and I was thinking one day, ‘Who do I spend the most time with in my days?’ and it's Kathie Lee.
Are you animal lovers?
HK: Yes! My dog is a cockapoo. The best dog ever.
KLG: Named after Blake Shelton, who she really wishes she spends the most time with.
HK: I'm bringing him in (Wednesday) cause Blake’s on the show. Stalkerish, I know.
KLG: I have three: Lola, Louis and Bambino. They’re all white, because, well, they’re all hypoallergenic because I’ve got allergies. So don’t think I have anything against her dog, who is a different color.
HK: My dog is black.
KLG: I’m not racist; I just have to have hypoallergenic dogs.
(The pair show off pics of their dogs, and KLG reveals that Lola is a “big goldendoodle” and Bambino is a teacup maltipoo and Louis is 2 pounds overweight).
KLG: I have a video of Louis being humped by Bambino, if you’re interested in that.
References
- ^ Kathie Lee Gifford (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ RELATED: KATHIE LEE GIFFORD, HODA KOTB JOIN THE DAILY NEWS AS COLUMNISTS (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ RELATED: HODA KOTB ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS HER CELL PHONE NUMBER ON ‘TODAY’ (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ RELATED: KATHIE LEE GIFFORD LEAVES PAL HODA KOTB SPEECHLESS WITH A LOOPY BIRTHDAY SERENADE (www.nydailynews.com)
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