Kathie Lee Gifford in 2020.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Kathie Lee Giffordmight be persuaded to be the next Golden Bachelorette … on one condition.
Kotb, 59, concurred, adding that Kathie Lee would be “really good,” because she was unlikely to be “sucking face in a hot tub.” TheTodayshow host added that her friend would “hold all these men at bay and you would make them romance you.”
Kathie Lee Gifford in 2018.Jason Kempin/Getty Images
Jason Kempin/Getty Images
Kathie Lee teased that if she were to step into the Golden Bachelorette’s stilettos, she would have a couple of conditions. “It would have to be completely different,” the actress said. “We’d have to make them [the men] much younger.”
“The Golden Cougar!” Bush Hager joked.
During the interview, Kathie Lee suggested she had spoken withThe Golden Bachelorette’s producers about possibly doing the show, although no offer was made — much to her daughter’s relief.
Her daughter Cassidy, 30, chided the co-hosts for encouraging her mom. “You guys are not helping my case,” she said.
“Here’s the thing. You know what you get when you get in a hot tub? Diseases, diseases,” Gifford said. “And you know what happens when you start kissing on people that you have no idea where their lips have been? It’s just dumb. So, until you have a trust with someone … they don’t give you much time before they want you in the hot tub.”
She added, “I’ve talked to the producers about it, and they said, ‘We realized it would be a different kind of show if you do it.’ I said, ‘Uhhh yeah!’ So, I don’t see it happening.”
Kathie Lee was married to former NFL playerFrank Giffordfor 29 years. Frankdied in 2015at the age of 84.
Theresa Nist (L) and Gerry Turner (R) onThe Golden Bachelor.ABC/Craig Sjodin
ABC/Craig Sjodin
In February, ABC confirmed thatGolden Bachelorette— a spinoff of the hit series,The Golden Bachelor— is in the works, with the first season projected to premiere in the fall. The network has yet to reveal the woman who will be the first Golden Bachelorette. However, if the show follows in the original franchise’s footsteps, it’s possible one of the women who vied forGerry Turner’s heart beforehe wed Theresa Nistwill earn the title.
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