Are Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford friends?

Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb have always been close friends and got along very well. Kathie Lee Gifford joined NBC’s morning show, Today, as co-host of the fourth hour titled Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda, alongside Hoda Kotb, in March 2008.

In 2019, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host. Kathie Lee Gifford is a French-born American television presenter, singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author.

Kathie Lee Gifford got her first television role in the 1977–1978 season as Tom Kennedy’s singer/sidekick on the syndicated version of Name That Tune. She was also a cast of the Hee Haw spinoff, Hee Haw Honeys in 1978.

Kathie Lee Gifford also made a name for herself following her 11-year run with Hoda Kotb, on the fourth hour of NBC’s Today show (2008–2019). Kathie has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 following her role in NBC’s Today team.