Why Is Hoda’s Co-Star, Kathie Lee Gifford Moving To Nashville?

Kathie Lee Gifford is moving south!

As one chapter closes, another one opens. No truer words have ever been spoken for Kathie Lee Gifford. On April 5th, Kathie Lee will be leaving her post as Hoda Kotb’s co-host and will be moving toward greener pastures. Pastures that are only found near Nashville, TN.

Kathie Lee recently shared with People that she has purchased a home in Franklin, TN and has plans to follow her passion in music. “I am an artist, I’m an actress, I’m a writer, I’m a songwriter, a director now. That’s the stuff that feeds my soul, and I know that I’m running out of time to do those things,” shared the TV host.

“Even if you’re just having a dinner party there, invariably people end up at your piano or taking your guitar off the wall, and next thing you know, you’ve written a song, and you’re in the studio the next week doing a demo,” Kathie Lee told People about her decision to relocate.

Kathie Lee has openly expressed her feeling of loneliness since the passing of her husband, Frank Gifford in 2015 and her mother, Joan Epstein in 2017. “You battle different things as you get older, especially as a widow, you battle the loneliness when you lose a spouse,” she shared with Inquisitr. “It dawned on me the other day, I’m a widow, I’m an orphan, because my mother also passed, and I’m an empty nester all at the same time.”

Kathie Lee believes that the fresh start and vibrant musical landscape of Nashville will be the lasting change that her creative soul seeks.

While the future is looking bright for the former talk show host, Hoda told Cody Alan “I’m just really gonna miss the hell out of her.”

Hoda now knows how Regis Philbin felt. “I’ll miss every single thing. I can’t even believe that I got to sit next to her. I feel like I got a master class for years, but beyond all of the things I learned from her, she is just an incredible human being and a good friend. I actually try not to think about the day when she leaves.”

Nashville should probably expect more sightings of Hoda and Kathie Lee in the future as the pair is no match against long-distance friendship.