‘Crazed’ Kathie Lee Gifford was worried about raising ‘spoiled brats’ in Hollywood

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Kathie Lee Gifford may love being a mom, but she also had concerns over raising her kids in the spotlight. The former “Today” show anchor, 70, shared daughter Cassidy, 30, and son Cody, 34, with late husband Frank Gifford.Kathie spoke about her parenting choices in a joint interview with Cassidy ahead of the March 28 premiere of their new Prime Video series, “The Baxters.”“Frank and I were both very careful to raise our children,” the former talk show host told The Post. “We didn’t want them to be one more spoiled brat in Hollywood kind of thing.” Kathie chose to rear her kids in Greenwich, Conn, despite “spoiled brats [being] everywhere.”“We were just really crazed about making them incredibly polite.

That was so important to me that anytime we left our home and we were with other people or we were in public,” she added of how she and Frank wanted to nurture Cassidy and Cody.The football player married Kathie in 1986 and were married until his death at the age of 84 in 2017.

Back in the day, Kathie would become “a maniac” when it came to being courteous in public.“If a waitress with something brought her or something, Cassidy would say thank you,” the broadcaster explained. “And then if she didn’t say anything, Cassidy would go, ‘Thank you.’ And then she’d walk away and Cassidy would go, ‘She didn’t say thank you, mommy.'”“I raised a very kind person,” Kathie gushed over her daughter. “And Cody is the same way.”Cassidy has made a career for herself in the entertainment industry as an actress and a model.

The “God’s Not Dead” alum — who stars in “The Baxters” as Reagan Decker — has appeared in other feature films such as “The Gallows” and “Time Trap.”While Kathie “wishes [Cody and Cassidy] well” on their blossoming.