Kathie Lee Gifford Reveals If She’ll Marry Again After Husband Frank’s Death: ‘I Don’t Want to Date’
Kathie Lee Gifford is giving fans a candid update on her love life more than a decade after the death of her late husband, Frank Gifford.
“I am not dating anybody right now, and I don’t want to date,” Kathie Lee, 44, said in an interview with People published on Tuesday, June 30. “I’m not looking, and I don’t think I’ll ever get married again.”
Frank died on August 9, 2015, one week before his 85th birthday. The former NFL player and Kathie Lee were married for 29 years, tying the knot in October 1986 and welcoming two children, son Cody, 35, and daughter Cassidy, 32, while they were together.
Kathie Lee met Frank when she worked at Good Morning America in 1982. They went through a rocky patch in 1997, when he publicly admitted he had been unfaithful. The former TV host reconciled with her husband and together they worked to “heal” their marriage.
Related: Hoda Kotb Gives a New Update on Former ‘Today’ Cohost Kathie Lee Gifford
It’s been nearly five years since Kathie Lee Gifford signed off on Today, but she’s still in touch with former cohost Hoda Kotb. On the Wednesday, January 10, episode of Today with Hoda and Jenna, Kotb, 59, gave an update about the beloved former talk show anchor. “By the way, Kat’s living her best life, […]While sharing her thoughts on potentially walking down the wedding aisle again, Kathie Lee said, “I had an opportunity for that to maybe happen, and it didn’t work out.”
The former Today host last dated Nashville-based businessman Richard Spitz from late 2021 until early 2024.
“Frank will always be the love of my life,” Kathie Lee said. “If God wants to do something miraculous, like give me another great love [then I’m open to it]. And so I leave room for the miraculous to happen.”
Frank died of natural causes, although his family shared that he suffered from CTE, a progressive brain disease caused by numerous concussions and brain trauma.
“While Frank passed away from natural causes this past August at the age of 84, our suspicions that he was suffering from the debilitating effects of head trauma were confirmed,” the Gifford family said in a November 2015 statement. “During the last years of his life, Frank dedicated himself to understanding the recent revelations concerning the connection between repetitive head trauma and its associated cognitive and behavioral symptoms — which he experienced firsthand.”
Related: Kathie Lee Gifford’s Son Cody Expecting Baby No. 3 With Wife Erika
Kathie Lee Gifford’s grandma — or “Bubbe” — duties are growing as her son, Cody Gifford, is expecting his third baby with wife Erika Gifford. Alongside a video posted via Instagram on May 5, Erika — who already has two sons, Frankie, 3, and Ford, 18 months, with Cody, 35 — shared the happy news. […]Nearly four years after his death, Kathie Lee exclusively told Us Weekly she was open to love.
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Deal Alert! This 44%-Off Throw-On Mini Dress Is Too Good to Leave in Your Cart View Deal“I don’t think you go out and find love; I think that it finds you,” she told Us at her Today show farewell party in New York City in 2019. “I’m a woman of faith, so I also think that if God wants it, then he’ll bring it. Maybe I have [found love] already and just don’t know it. We’ll see.”
Kathie Lee also spoke to Us about her journey with grief and how she coped with the heartbreak.
“I was having a rough time [in the beginning],” she explained. “But I allowing myself to feel OK.”
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D-backs Announce Latest Lineup for Brandon Pfaadt's Return vs Giants
D-backs Announce Latest Lineup for Brandon Pfaadt's Return vs Giants
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Arizona DiamondbacksThe Arizona Diamondbacks ended their skid with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.
They now have a chance to take their first (official) series victory since taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels on June 17. The D-backs have won seven straight to open the 2026 season against the Giants, the first time they have done so against any opponent.
As expected, right-hander Brandon Pfaadt has been recalled from Triple-A Reno, and will make his first start back in the D-backs' rotation since April 11.
Below is what Arizona's lineup for their game two matchup against San Francisco will look like:
Diamondbacks reveal lineup for game two vs Giants
Here is Arizona's lineup for Tuesday night:
- 2B Ketel Marte
- SS Geraldo Perdomo
- RF Corbin Carroll
- C Gabriel Moreno
- DH Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
- LF Max Kepler
- 3B Nolan Arenado
- 1B Pavin Smith
- CF Jorge Barrosa
Ketel Marte crushed a leadoff home run on Monday night, conveniently following Torey Lovullo's comments regarding potentially moving the All-Star second baseman down in the batting order.
Similarly, Geraldo Perdomo — who was once the D-backs' most reliable RISP producer — was able to come through with the big knock, clearing the bases with a double in the fifth inning.
This lineup is, otherwise, a relatively standard one. Max Kepler makes yet another start in left field, still in search of his first base hit as a member of the Diamondbacks despite hitting several balls quite hard. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. remains in the DH slot, and Pavin Smith will hit eighth against a right-handed pitcher.
Smith needs to start producing. He was once one of the D-backs' most dangerous hitters facing righty pitchers, but has hit to a mere .481 OPS with one home run so far in the 2026 season. He's been injured, yes, but the at-bat quality has not looked as positive as it has in the past.
Brandon Pfaadt makes return to rotation
Pfaadt has pitched to a 5.92 ERA this season, with nearly identical numbers as both a starter and a reliever. Arizona's attempt to convert him to a bullpen role did not go smoothly, and he was subsequently optioned to Reno to get stretched back out as a starting pitcher.
For his career, Pfaadt has an 0-4 record against the Giants, but has pitched well overall, with a 3.63 ERA in seven appearances.
He famously threw a nine-inning one-hit shutout against San Francisco on September 17, 2025, but was not able to earn his team the win, as lackluster offense spelled an extra-inning loss.
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Nikita Kucherov Set to Become Extension Eligible on July 1
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William EspyTue, June 30, 2026 at 9:16 PM UTC·1 min readWhile Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Julien BriseBois has quite a bit of work to get done as he looks to improve the Bolts ahead of the 2026-27 season, he'll have another major piece of business to attend to as well. As of July 1, star forward Nikita Kucherov will officially enter the final year of his current contract, meaning he'll be eligible to sign a new contract extension.
Kucherov will likely receive quite a pay raise from his current cap hit of $9.5 million. At 33 years of age, the term will likely be much shorter than his current deal, but as we've seen with players like Brad Marchand in Florida, some players well into their 30s can still demand long-term contracts.
AdvertisementAdvertisementKucherov has been winning quite a bit of hardware since entering his 30s, as he's won the Art Ross Trophy in two of the last three seasons and was most recently named the winner of the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.
Charlie Kirk's parents and widow to confront assassination suspect
Charlie Kirk's rarely-seen parents and widow, Erika Kirk, will come face to face with his alleged assassin next week at a hearing ahead of his bombshell murder trial.
The family is expected to make a rare appearance at the key hearing for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of shooting Kirk on September 10, 2025.
Kirk's sudden and traumatic death, in front of thousands of students at Utah Valley University, stunned the nation - and catalyzed a cultural movement just two months before Americans voted to re-elect conservative Donald Trump for his second term.
All eyes will be on Robinson as he stands accused of assassinating the dad-of-two.
While Erika has stepped into the spotlight in the wake of her husband's death, Kirk's moderate, Illinois-based parents have mostly kept to themselves.
However, they will step out of the shadows to stare down Robinson at the weeklong pretrial hearing in Utah on Monday.
During the hearing, prosecutors will aim to show they have sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.
Erika, who took the helm of Turning Point USA after her husband's death, and her in-laws, Robert and Kathryn Kirk, are planning to attend, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.
Charlie Kirk's parents, Robert and Kathryn Kirk, are expected to attend a weeklong pretrial hearing for their son's accused killer
Erika Kirk, who took the helm of Turning Point USA after her husband's death, will also come face to face with his accused killer
It will be the first time that Kirk's family will be in the courtroom with the man accused of killing him.
Before Kirk became one of the best-known conservatives in America and a key ally to Donald Trump, he was raised by his moderate parents in Illinois.
Kirk's mother, Kathryn, was reportedly a mental health counselor, and his father, Robert, worked in the construction business and owned his own architecture firm.
His resume included work as a project architect manager on Trump Tower in Manhattan, reports PrimeTimer.
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It is not known whether the elder Kirk ever personally met with Trump during the president's real estate days, which were decades before his son became one of his closest allies.
In a 2018 profile of Kirk in the Chicago Tribune, it was said that Kirk had once described his parents as Republicans, 'but not particularly ardent ones.'
After his death, Senator Marsha Blackburn posted a photo with Kirk's parents when Trump honored Charlie with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in October.
Although Kirk never shared images of his parents, he did post a photo of himself with his younger sister, Mary, at her high school graduation in 2014, before she became an art curator in Illinois.
It is unclear if she will be attending the court hearing with the family.
Prosecutors have said that during the hearing they plan to introduce forensic analyses, surveillance video, recordings of witness statements, autopsy findings and alleged messages from Robinson admitting to the crime.
While Kirk's parents have largely stayed out of the spotlight, Senator Marsha Blackburn posted a photo with when Trump honored Charlie with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
Tyler Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder for the September 10 killing of Kirk
If convicted, prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty for Robinson after a judge denied the defense's request to take it off the table on June 26.
He has not yet entered a plea.
The judge has also ruled that Robinson's transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, 22, does not have to testify in person at the hearing.
Twiggs, who is transgender and goes by the name 'Luna,' was living with Robinson during the time of the alleged murder.
After Robinson turned himself in to authorities, federal investigators learned that he sent Twiggs a flurry of text messages during his 33 hours on the run, disclosing his alleged involvement in the shooting and his efforts to evade capture.
Twiggs has never been charged or implicated in the shooting, and has instead cooperated with authorities.
The Daily Mail contacted Turing Point USA for comment.
