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“She never thought Hoda would do this to her. The fact is:
Hoda came in as a guest and wormed her way into the full-time job by riding Kathie Lee’s coattails and taking all the credit as though she’s the one with all the talent.”
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Worse still, since being named co-host of 'Today,'
Hoda now considers herself “too big” for her old gig of sipping wine and kibitzing with Kathie Lee, sources told The ENQUIRER. “Hoda wants to focus all her attention on the first two hours of ‘Today,’” snitched an insider.
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“You would never see Matt Lauer or
Savannah Guthrie host the fourth hour. It’s beneath them — and now it’s beneath Hoda, too!” Ambitious Hoda has already put a slow-moving escape plan into action, dished the source.
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“Hoda will continue to host with Kathie Lee for the next six months, and slowly pull away,” the insider spilled. “She doesn’t want to do it right away because she doesn’t want it to look like she abandoned the hour that made her a star.
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Sources say the once-close wine-guzzling pals had a “
huge falling out.” Kathie Lee was already on a Botox bender since the summer, trying to keep up with younger Hoda. The fixes now threaten to freeze her face, say sources.
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“Kathie Lee is trying to make herself feel better by getting loads of Botox and fillers,” says an insider. “Everyone’s commenting her face is so stiff it’s going to fall right off!”
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Plastic surgery expert Dr. Lyle Back, who has not treated Kathie Lee, observes: “She’s gotten Botox. Her forehead looks smooth. She doesn’t have crow’s feet — an obvious sign.” But no amount of fixes can repair their busted friendship.
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The pair “used to hang out after the show, going to dinner and the theater,” says the source. Now
Hoda is “too busy” with adopted baby Haley, beau
Joel Schiffman and her new promotion to hang with has-been Gifford, says a pal.
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Kathie Lee congratulated Hoda on social media and told people she’s happy for Kotb’s new job, but she could barely look in Hoda’s direction or interact with her when they appeared on a New Year’s segment of "Today."
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Now, the fear inside 30 Rock is that Kathie Lee will try to choose Hoda’s replacement. “Kathie Lee loves
Craig Ferguson and her former co-host
Regis Philbin, but neither of them are right,” tattled the insider. “
Andy Cohen is also buzzing around, but he and Kathie Lee have zero chemistry."
