KATHIE LEE GIFFORD suddenly got worried she might have seemed insensitive to women alleging rape by BILL COSBY when she insisted her longtime comedy pal had backed away nicely after once trying to kiss her, so she actually phoned supermodel/Cosby accuser BEVERLY JOHNSON to apologize.
Said a source: “Kathie told Beverly – and some others – that she wasn’t trying to minimize the women and their harrowing stories, but many had interpreted it that way. Kathie Lee, who has a daughter, says she suddenly wondered how the mothers of these other women felt when they heard what sounded like her defense of Cosby. And more than just ruing her comments, Gifford’s using her clout with NBC to spearhead a special series on women suffering from physical, mental and sexual abuse!”
