ORGANIZATION.
>> THANK YOU, JEN.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR LEADING
LADY.
THIS IS A WOMAN THAT SAT AT THIS
TABLE, NOT THIS EXACT ONE, BUT
ONE JUST LIKE IT FOR 11 YEARS.
NOW SHE’S OUT THERE LIVING OUT
THE TITLE OF HER LATEST BOOK
CALLED "IT’S NEVER TOO LATE."
>> 67 YEARS YOUNG.
KLG IS WRITING, SINGING,
CREATING.
WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLY THE BEST
AND MOST CREATIVE CHAPTER OF HER
LIFE YET.
>> SHE’S A NATURAL.
KATH IS TALKING ABOUT NASHVILLE
SINCE SHE WAS SITTING AT THIS
DESK.
KATH, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT WAS
REFRESHING.
THIS MORNING, I HAVE TO TELL
YOU, JENNA, I WAS FACE TIMING
KATH.
FIRST THING I DID WAS SHOW THE
FACETIME TO THE CREW.
YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. FACES LIT UP ONE BY ONE BY ONE.
FACES LIT UP ONE BY ONE BY ONE.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHEN SHE IS
SOMEWHERE, SHE MAKES A MARK.
AND YOU STARTED SOMETHING BRAND
NEW.
>> HI, YOU GUYS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> WE MISS YOU.
>> THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
HODA FACETIMED ME AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
>> OF COURSE YOU WERE UP.
>> IT MADE ME LAUGH.
I SAID HELLO, SUNSHINE, HOW ARE
YOU.
THEN SHE SENT A VIDEO OF HER TWO
LITTLE ONES AND OH, MY GOSH,
THEY’VE GROWN UP SO MUCH.
ALMOST FOUR, ALMOST TWO.
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.
I THOUGHT IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO
BECOME A MOTHER AND HAVE THAT
DREAM FULFILLED.
YOU NOW HAVE TWO SIX OR SEVEN.
IT’S JUST, I MEAN, IT IS AN
ATTITUDE.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.
IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,
TAKE YOUR PULSE, IF YOU STILL
HAVE ONE, YOU HAVE A PURPOSE.
AND YOUR JOB IS TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS.
AND THEN YOUR JOB IS TO BLESS
THE GODS THAT HELP YOU DO IT.
THIS BOOK IS REALLY FOR PEOPLE
THAT FEEL LIKE THEIR DREAMS HAVE
NEVER COME TRUE, FEEL LIKE THEY
MISSED OUT, FEEL THEY MADE BAD
DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY THAT
KEPT THEM FROM THEIR DREAMS
COMING TRUE.
IT WAS A BIT OF A WALK DOWN
MEMORY LANE MORE THAN I EXPECTED
IT TO BE, BUT I WAS NEVER
SETTING OUT TO WRITE A HOW TO.
I DON’T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS IN
LIFE.
I HAVE ANECDOTES FROM MY OWN
LIFE THAT I LEARNED FROM.
AND WISDOM THAT’S BEEN PASSED ON
TO ME FROM PEOPLE THAT I LOVE
AND RESPECT.
AND SOME HARD KNOCKS, TOO.
THE THING ABOUT THIS WORLD IS
HOW DO YOU KEEP A TENDER HEART
AND YET LEARN TO BE TOUGH.
IT IS A FINE LINE WE ALL WALK.
WITH ALL OF THE YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE LOOKING BACK, I HAVE
A DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE, NOT
JUST FOR THE BOUNTY I’VE HAD IN
MY LIFE BUT THE RELATIONSHIPS I
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLORE AND
ENJOY.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A
WHO’S WHO OF HOLLYWOOD WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THESE BOOKS, BUT THESE
ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE MY FRIENDS.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN FAMOUS,
BUT I HAVE A REAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEM.
I LOOK BACK ON IT, I ALWAYS FELT
LIKE I’M WALDO.
>> HEY, KATH.
DON’T GO AWAY.
WE’RE TAKING A QUICK, QUICK,
QUICK BREAK AND COMING BACK TO
TALK WITH KATHIE LEE ABOUT HER
NEW BOOK, YOU HAVE TO BUY.
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET,
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD WHO HAS
WRITTEN A NEW BOOK "IT’S NEVER
TOO LATE."
>> THIS BOOK, FOR PEOPLE THAT
KNOW YOU, I FEEL LIKE OBVIOUSLY
I KNOW YOU WELL.
I WAS PAGING THROUGH THE BOOK
SAYING I DIDN’T KNOW THAT, WAIT,
I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT.
I THINK THERE ARE MORE DETAILS
REVEALED AND JUST MORE STORIES
THAT SEEM DEEPLY PERSONAL THAN I
REMEMBER YOU TELLING ON AIR
HERE.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF
YOUR LIFE, DIFFERENT SEASONS,
YOU FEEL MORE AT EASE TO SHARE
CERTAIN THINGS, OR REMEMBER
CERTAIN THINGS AND GO I’VE NEVER
TOLD THAT STORY.
AND IF YOU LIVED A RICH,
ADVENTUROUS LIFE LIKE I HAVE
BEEN BLESSED TO DO, IT STILL
MAKES FOR MORE AND MORE VOLUMES
OF BOOKS, MORE STORIES.
I HAVE A SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE
IN MY LIFE NOW WHOSE OPINIONS
MATTER.
AND THAT’S A FREEING THING.
I WANT TO PLEASE GOD, AFTER THAT
IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT, AND
DWINDLING AMOUNT.
BUT I FEEL FREE ENOUGH TO TELL
THE TRUTH IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE.
I DON’T WANT TO HURT ANYBODY BY
THIS BOOK, BUT THEY’RE TRUE
STORIES AND WE CAN ALL LEARN
SOMETHING FROM OTHER PEOPLE’S
TRUE STORIES.
>> KATHIE, I FEEL FORTUNATE.
GOT TO SIT NEXT TO YOU IN THE
MAKEUP ROOM SEVERAL YEARS.
HERE YOU ARE PURSUING THESE
THINGS.
IT WASN’T LIKE I HAVE THIS DREAM
TO SHOOT A MOVIE.
I HAVE A DREAM TO SHOOT A MOVIE
AND TOMORROW I’M MEETING WITH
THIS PERSON.
THE NEXT DAY I’M DOING THIS.
I THINK FOR ANY OF US THAT FEEL
LIKE GOSH, WE HAVE THIS DREAM,
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US, BUT WE
FEEL LIKE WE CAN’T DO IT.
YOU PUT THINGS INTO ACTION.
HOW SHOULD WE?
>> YOU’VE GOT TO DO IT LITTLE BY
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
ONE STEP AT A TIME.
LIKE THE MOVIE YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, THEN CAME YOU.
I WROTE IT FOR FRED FERGUSON ON
THE "TODAY" SHOW WITH ME.
WE HAD THE BEST TIME.
GAVE A SCRIPT TO BEAUTIFUL ELIZABETH HURLEY WAS WAS A GUEST
ELIZABETH HURLEY WAS WAS A GUEST
THERE, AND WE WENT TO THE HIGH
HIGHLANDS, I RAISED THE MONEY.
BUT IT HAPPENS PIECE BY PIECE.
A GREAT SONG CALLED "PUTTING IT
TOGETHER"
♪ BIT BY BIT, PUTTING IT
TOGETHER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT THE
FINISHED PRODUCT BUT AREN’T
WILLING TO DO THE WORK.
I WRITE ABOUT IT, YOU DID THE
WORK.
SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL ENTITLED TO
THOSE TWO SEATS THAT YOU ALL ARE
SITTING IN BUT NOT WILLING TO DO
THE WORK IT TOOK TO GET IT.
JENNA, YOU SLEPT WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOUR
SINS ARE FORGIVEN AS ARE MINE.
>> YOU ARE CRAZY.
WE JUST WANT TO GO OUT WITH
THIS, JUST A PHOTO OF YOU AND
THE KIDS IN NASHVILLE TOGETHER,
SITTING AROUND THE TABLE.
NOTHING WARMED MY HEART MORE
THAN THIS.
IT HAS THE KIDS, BOTH MARRIED
WITH SPOUSES, YOU’RE WITH THEM.
CASS IS IN NASHVILLE.
GIRL, YOU’RE LIVING YOUR BEST
LIFE.
>> YOU ARE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO KNOW YOU,
KATHIE.
>> THANK YOU.