Kathie Lee Gifford — after grieving over the loss of her football legend hubby Frank Gifford — finally started crushing on someone new, even though he’s a married man! Pals revealed how the goody-goody “Today” host got seriously smitten with former “Late Late Show” host Craig Ferguson — a frequent guest and fill-in host on Kathie Lee’s morning show “She’s acting like a schoolgirl around him, pulling out all of the flirting techniques she learned as a teen,” said a source. And while Kathie Lee has tried to be on her best behavior, she even managed to write Craig into a steamy scene after casting him as her love interest in a new movie!
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“But now," continued the insider, "she’s finally found somebody who’s put a smile back on her face and a spring in her step.” The transformation started when Craig first guested as "Today" co-host
Hoda Kotb went on maternity leave.
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“Craig completely charmed Kathie,” dished another insider. “Kathie Lee kept asking him to come back because she was so taken with him!” The perked-up host knew Craig is married, but warmed to the feelings he stirred up, said the insider.
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Sources recalled how Kathie acted like a crush-crazed teenage girl over the lanky Scotsman. “She’s all giggly whenever she talks about him,” the insider said. “She made it a point to go to his show at New York’s Town Hall, and she was fawning all over him backstage. She’s also been going out for lunches and dinners with him!”
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Craig is currently wed to his third wife, stunning Vermont art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham, the mom of his six-year-old son, Liam. While Kathie Lee loves flirting with him, noted the source, “she’s not about to become a homewrecker!”
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Even though the married charmer is off the market, Kathie Lee’s friends were already hopeful that their flirty and fun relationship would
convince her to put away her widow’s weeds and hop on the dating-go-round. “Craig has stirred up feelings Kathie Lee forgot she had,” said the mole.
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And now her friends credit Craig with inspiring Kathie Lee to write and star in "Love Me to Death" — her new movie about a widow who finds romance while carrying her husband's ashes around the world, with Craig cast as her new love interest!
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She even marked the third anniversary of Frank's death by talking about being ready to move on, saying her character “finally has that understanding that, ‘I’m ready. I’m ready to not be defined by this anymore!’”
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“But now," continued the insider, "she’s finally found somebody who’s put a smile back on her face and a spring in her step.” The transformation started when Craig first guested as "Today" co-host
Hoda Kotb went on maternity leave.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Craig completely charmed Kathie,” dished another insider. “Kathie Lee kept asking him to come back because she was so taken with him!” The perked-up host knew Craig is married, but warmed to the feelings he stirred up, said the insider.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Sources recalled how Kathie acted like a crush-crazed teenage girl over the lanky Scotsman. “She’s all giggly whenever she talks about him,” the insider said. “She made it a point to go to his show at New York’s Town Hall, and she was fawning all over him backstage. She’s also been going out for lunches and dinners with him!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Craig is currently wed to his third wife, stunning Vermont art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham, the mom of his six-year-old son, Liam. While Kathie Lee loves flirting with him, noted the source, “she’s not about to become a homewrecker!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Even though the married charmer is off the market, Kathie Lee’s friends were already hopeful that their flirty and fun relationship would
convince her to put away her widow’s weeds and hop on the dating-go-round. “Craig has stirred up feelings Kathie Lee forgot she had,” said the mole.
And now her friends credit Craig with inspiring Kathie Lee to write and star in "Love Me to Death" — her new movie about a widow who finds romance while carrying her husband's ashes around the world, with Craig cast as her new love interest!
Photo credit: Getty Images
She even marked the third anniversary of Frank's death by talking about being ready to move on, saying her character “finally has that understanding that, ‘I’m ready. I’m ready to not be defined by this anymore!’”
