Kathie Lee Gifford doesn’t miss TV, life in big city: ‘My soul was dying’
nypost.comNashville, where she said “they let you worship the way you want to worship and vote the way you want to vote.” “There’s a culture of kindness here in the South.
It’s just extraordinary,” she told Fox News recently. “And I needed it. I needed it.” Gifford is also not too keen on returning to daytime television, adding that she doesn’t miss it. “Not for one second,” she replied when asked if she would ever be on air again.The chat-show emcee went on: “My soul was dying a slow death in the Northeast for the last 20 years or so, watching the culture change as much as it has and not just in New York, but LA, Seattle, beautiful San Francisco, some of these huge, beautiful cities.
I don’t even recognize them anymore.”Gifford co-hosted the nationally syndicated talk show with the late Regis Philbin from 1985 to 2000, filming in New York City.“There’s a lot of beautiful suburbs [in the Nashville area],” the mother of two said. “I wouldn’t want to live in the city.
It’s just not my thing.”Gifford had lived in Greenwich for more than a decade, raising her two children, Cody and Cassidy.She had lodged there with her husband, NFL legend Frank Gifford, until his death in August 2015.She also noted how she jet-sets off to cities when needed, but she likes to “live in the suburbs where church bells ring and people let you be who you are.”The “Today” show alum continued: “And they let you worship the way you want to worship and vote the way you want to vote.
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