Kathie Lee Gifford supports 'great friend' Regis Philbin amid Kelly Ripa drama

Kathie Lee Gifford was 'thankful' for her long term friendship with Regis Philbin, who kicked the bucket from a coronary failure in 2020. He was 88

They sat one next to the other for over 15 years as two of the best television syndicated program co-hosts ever, first in 1985 on "The Morning Show" and afterward together broadly in 1988 for "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee."

So it shocked no one that Kathie Lee Gifford reviewed just sure recollections working with Regis Philbin in the midst of cases Kelly Ripa, who filled in Gifford's seat in 2001 when she left the show the prior year, experienced issues with the late telecaster.

"I won't remark on Kelly's story. It's hers. She can express what she might be thinking," Gifford solely told Fox News Advanced. "I'm a major devotee to opportunity of articulation. I don't really accept that we should drop anyone. She has the option to recount her story as she recalls that it."

Ripa, a previous "Every one of My Youngsters" star, got analysis prior this month when passages of her new journal uncovered her "incredible honor" of working with Philbin, likewise came the extraordinary weight of a not exactly "simple working relationship."

"My involvement in Regis was one of the best encounters of as long as I can remember," Gifford said. "I worked with him for a long time. We never had one cruel word between us."

"The Lord of the Way" creator clarified that her craving for leave the show while it was in its prime in 2000 was to seek after her own imaginative interests.

Ripa, a previous "Every one of My Kids" star, got analysis prior this month when selections of her new journal uncovered her "incredible honor" of working with Philbin, likewise came the extraordinary weight of a not exactly "simple working relationship."

"I needed to be an essayist and a vocalist and an entertainer like I began being well before I met Regis," she said. "Appreciative for the 15 years I had with him, however I needed to go, very much like I needed to move away.

"There are times in your day to day existence when you got to dare to roll out a tremendous improvement in your life. I left the best outcome in daytime TV, with the exception of Oprah, that at any point was. I left it since I expected to."