Kathie Lee Gifford Reveals Her True Feelings On Leaving Today & Her Next Chapter
Meaningful Conversations with Maria Shriver
Shriver Media and Cadence13
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
"I think because I've always defined myself since I was 12 years old as a child of God...That is what gives me self worth. Not Emmy Awards, not Tony nominations, not Grammy nominations. All of those things I've experienced, and they're lovely...But ultimately, at the end of a lifetime, it's, 'Who do you belong to? Whose image are you made in?' Because this life we live right here is temporal."
-Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford is a dear friend and someone whose career I've watched with admiration for many, many years. This week is her last at the today show, and while I'll be sad to lose her as a colleague, I'm super excited for her to embark on this next really creative chapter of her life.
I wanted to sit down with her for meaningful conversations because we have some of the most meaningful conversations early in the morning in the makeup room on the today show. And I got to thinking that most people don't get to see the Kathie Lee Gifford that I get to see early in the morning, the one who wakes up and talks about family and that talks about the Bible and who memorizes all of these verses and who's a really multifaceted person, who kind of has these ideas and barrels through and makes them reality.
So I wanted you to hear from her directly. And even though she's leaving the today show, she's not going to leave our consciousness. Enjoy!
If you’re looking for more inspiration and words of wisdom, then please sign up for my free weekly email newsletter - The Sunday Paper. Visit website mariashriver.com to subscribe.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Support for meaningful conversations comes from Wicks.com. |
| 0:06.2 | Wicks believes anything is possible with the right website builder. |
| 0:10.0 | So whether you're about to create a website for the first time or you're a long time pro, |
| 0:15.0 | Wicks has you covered. |
| 0:17.0 | With hundreds of intuitive design features, you can tell your story exactly the way you want. |
| 0:23.0 | Create beautiful websites with video backgrounds, Parolex animation, and more, |
| 0:29.0 | all without knowing how to code. |
| 0:31.0 | With the Wicks editor you can design the most stunning websites all on |
| 0:35.5 | your own. Share everything in a click on social media and drive even more traffic |
| 0:40.5 | to your site with SEO tools to get found on Google. |
| 0:44.0 | Wicks has all the tools you need to create the exact website you want. |
| 0:48.5 | You can even create a beautiful website while listening to this podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | Over 140 million people choose Wicks to create their website, |
| 0:57.0 | so create yours today. |
| 0:59.0 | Get started now by going to Wicks.com. |
| 1:02.0 | That's W-I-X.com slash meaningful conversations to get 10% off. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm Maria Shriver and this is meaningful conversations. |
| 1:17.0 | On every episode we'll take a journey into the lives of inspiring, thoughtful, thought-provoking people, people who are smart, spirited, and |
| 1:26.8 | spiritual, people who have done extraordinary things to make a positive impact on our world. |
| 1:33.0 | These are people I respect and admire. |
| 1:36.0 | People who inspire me. |
| 1:38.0 | I want them to share their stories, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Shriver Media and Cadence13, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Shriver Media and Cadence13 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.