“I’m in a really special relationship with somebody that is nice and fun and healthy, and so that’s good,” she shared. “Like a boyfriend, Kath? Like a man friend?” Savannah Guthrie asked. “You’re breaking some news here." While Gifford remained tightlipped on his identity, she said, “It’s just happy, and I don’t want to mess it up, and I probably already have by just even mentioning it." The mom of two continued, “To be in a place where you feel like every aspect of your life is good, you know that nothing’s missing, nothing’s missing and that’s a beautiful place to be. I’m just so grateful.” Gifford later gushed over her relationship to Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager, admitting that her new man is “so much fun to be with.” “He is challenging to me. He’s the smartest person I’ve ever met, but he’s funny,” she said. “And we have a great time together, and so at this point in my life that’s exactly what I need and exactly what I want, you know? Different seasons of life—we weren’t meant to know each other before, it’s right now. We don’t know what the future holds at all, but we’re having fun today.” The author’s husband Frank Gifford, whom she married in 1986, passed away in 2015. Last year, Gifford told Parade.com that she was open to finding love again. “I’ve always been open to love in any way it comes into my life. I can’t live without love. You can breathe, you can exist, but you can’t live without it,” she said. “I could live without romance; I don’t want to—I’m a very passionate woman. I’m open to it, but I’m not actively looking for it.” Next, 15 of Kathie Lee Gifford’s most inspiring quotes!
