Kathryn Lee Gifford is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the Today team.
From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee. Gifford is also known for her 11-year run with Hoda Kotb, on the fourth hour of NBC’s Today show.
What does Kathie Lee want to be called as a grandma?
After her son, Cody, and his wife, Erika, welcomed a baby boy, whom they named after Cody’s father Frank.
Kathie Lee Gifford, who became a grandmother in June, said she’d like her monicker to be “Bubbie,” she told them.
Kathie Lee shared that she has a friend with an Israeli mother, who provided some inspiration for what she wants to be called and asked what’s a good word for a Jewish grandmother?” Kathie Lee said at the time. “And she goes, ‘Bubbalah. It’s Bubbie.’” “And it means ‘dearest one,’ like ‘cherished one,’” she added.
