Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford had a sweet reunion in California!
The former TODAY fourth hour co-hosts and longtime friends attended QVC’s Q50 Age of Possibility summit in Santa Monica on Wednesday, May 14. Kathie Lee uploaded a joint post with QVC to Instagram that showed her and Hoda holding hands as they walked the red carpet together.
“Guess who I found?” Kathie Lee asked in the clip.
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Hoda playfully replied, “Who?”
Kathie Lee asked why Hoda decided to attend the event. The former TODAY anchor responded that she was mainly there to see her.
Hoda added, “When anyone knows KLG is going to be somewhere, guess what they do? They show up!”
The two continued to hold hands as they strolled into the conference room.
On her Instagram story, Hoda posted a video of her and Kathie Lee briefly singing “Reunited” by Peaches & Herb. She explained in the clip that the two are both Q50 ambassadors for the shopping network.
Both ladies showed off their individual style at the event, with Hoda sporting a white blouse, striped pants and a beige jacket. Meanwhile, Kathie Lee opted for a cream off-the-shoulder sweater and flowy beige pants.
Hoda and Kathie Lee shared the screen together from 2008 until 2019, when the TV personality left TODAY.
Earlier this year, Kathie Lee surprised Hoda during her last TODAY with Hoda & Jenna episode on Jan. 10.
Kathie Lee pretended that she couldn’t make it to Hoda’s send-off in person and had to send a video message from her home in Tennessee instead. But then Kathie Lee suddenly walked onto the set, shocking Hoda. The two embraced before Hoda helped Kathie Lee onto the stage.
“I love you so much that I was thinking to myself, ‘I sure hope Kath comes,” Hoda shared. “I’m so happy that you’re here.”
Kathie Lee said she had a message for Hoda before slightly altering the lyrics to Frank Sinatra’s “The Best Is Yet To Come” to fit the occasion.
Kathie Lee went on to gush about her friendship with Hoda, revealing that they quickly bonded.
She recalled their first meeting at a restaurant and said she “fell in love with Hoda at lunch.” The two stayed in the restaurant so long that they ended up being kicked out.
Kathie Lee added that she had intended to only host the fourth hour for a year before they became friends.
“My problem is I fall in love, and I fell in love with Hoda,” she continued. “And I said, ‘I don’t want to leave her.’ Every time I was with Hoda, the one thing I had in common with you and with Regis (Philbin) — two very, very different people — I look forward every single day to being with you both.”
She further praised her friend and said, “I’ve always said she’s sunshine in a bottle, isn’t she, everybody?”
This article was originally published on TODAY.com
