Kathie Lee Gifford supports 'great friend' Regis Philbin amid Kelly Ripa drama
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Kathie Lee Gifford said Regis Philbin never had "one unkind word" as she defended the TV legend after Kelly Ripa criticized her former co-host in new book.
"I’m not going to comment on Kelly’s story. It’s hers. She can say whatever she wants," Gifford exclusively told Fox News Digital. "I’m a big believer in freedom of expression. I don’t believe we’re supposed to cancel anybody. She has the right to tell her story as she remembers it." "I’m a big believer in freedom of expression. I don’t believe we’re supposed to cancel anybody." "I saw him two weeks before he died, and his wife told me that that's the last time she ever heard him laugh, and I treasure that."
Ripa, a former "All My Children" star, caught criticism earlier this month when excerpts of her new memoir revealed her "great privilege" of working with Philbin, also came the great burden of a less than "easy working relationship."