Kathie Lee Gifford recalls late husband Frank’s ‘very painful’ affair: ‘We struggled’
Kathie Lee Gifford is opening up about her late husband Frank’s affair in a new interview, which she described as “very painful.”In 1997, the former athlete had an affair with Suzen Johnson, a former flight attendant. At the time, the married couple’s children Cassidy and Cody were 4 years old and 7, respectively.Ultimately, the TV personality forgave Frank and they were married until his death in 2015 at age 84.“I could have let the seed germinate but I don’t want to be that person, that bitter, angry, unhappy, miserable human being ’cause you know what you end up doing? You end up making everybody around you every bit as miserable,” Gifford told Entertainment Tonight in a new interview.“I have always felt from my earliest youth that I had the choice every day of my life to be a blessing or a burden and I want to be a blessing.”One of the reasons she stayed with Frank was because of their children.“It’s not a bed of roses.