It has been a very busy year for Kathie Lee Gifford. She wrote a book, did some music and starred in a movie with Craig Ferguson. Therefore, she made the difficult decision to leave Today on the 11th anniversary of Kathie Lee & Hoda to focus on other projects.
Gifford says the news is bittersweet because she loves all the people she works with. She initially signed on to do a year but will have stayed 10 more past that because she enjoyed the job so much.
Then she let a tearful Hoda Kotb know, they will be closer than ever after she leaves than they are now because that is the relationship she has with another former co-host Regis Philbin.
No word what NBC will do with the hour. Meaning will they replace her or let it go since they still have not figured out what they are going to do with the 9a hour that used to be hosted by Megan Kelly. Plus, Kotb was named the co-anchor of the first two hours. Although, they say she will still be part of the hour.
Luckily, NBC has some time to make the decision because Gifford will be with the show until April 7th.
