Kathie Lee Gifford Goes Under The Knife
For years, Today fans enjoyed watching Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb coanchor their hour of the show. Although Kathie Lee hasn’t been on the show in years, fans enjoy keeping up with her.
And over the past year, she’s faced many different changes in her life. Most notably, a major hip surgery.
Kathie Lee Gifford Struggled With Pain Following Her Surgery
As Kathie Lee Gifford recovers from her hip surgery, she chatted with PEOPLE about her health and the situation so far. The 70-year-old admits that it’s been an excruciating experience and her lifestyle is to blame.
In the interview, Kathie Lee confessed she’s terrible about taking things slowly, especially when it comes to her health. And that’s precisely why she required the surgery in the first place.
“I walked, I climbed, I walked, and my doctor said, ‘Kathie, no. You have got to realize that this is serious,’” the former TODAY show hostess shared. “And I was off my walker in two days. I was off all my medications in three days, and then I did too much. I just did too much because that’s who I am.”
Her surgeon reportedly told her, “You climbed mountains, you made movies, you got on stages. You never took off your high heels, and you kept going and that’s why you’re going through what you’re going through.”
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“I started carrying books around and signing and getting ready, and my grandchildren came to visit,” Kathie Lee confessed. “And you can’t. I have learned from this that you only can only do so much. You’re just human. You’re just human. And I’m so grateful.”
The Former Today Anchor Published A New Book
Kathie Lee Gifford admits she isn’t the best patient, but she wouldn’t trade in her active lifestyle for anything.
“[I ask myself] would I change that? No, I was doing what God put me on this earth to do. Every year of it, I was doing what He called me to do,” she told PEOPLE.
But in her latest adventure, she explores writing and authorhood. Her book, Herod and Mary: The True Story of the Tyrant King and the Mother of the Risen Savior, is out now.
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“I don’t know how much time the Lord has me still on this earth, but for whatever time it is I pray that I would be useful… that I would be kind and helpful, and loving to people,” Kathie Lee continued. “I am a strong woman, but I’m a woman who for 60 years has been trying to do godly work, trying to do the right thing, trying to love people, [and] trying to represent the kingdom of God.”
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