Kathie Lee Gifford talks her second act in life: 'All I ever wanted to do is be an actress and be a singer'
The Emmy-winner co-stars in the film 'Then Came You' alongside former late-night host Craig Ferguson
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Kathie Lee Gifford never thought she'd be this busy after retiring from her co-hosting duties on the third hour of the "Today" show in April 2019.
But the Emmy-winner has been hard at work writing music, screenplays, acting, and producing.
Her latest project, "Then Came You," is a romantic comedy about a widow who is traveling around the world with her late husband's ashes. She starts in Scotland where she meets a man who changes her life.
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That man is played by Scotsman and former late-night TV host, Craig Ferguson, who is also a close friend of Gifford's.
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"I've longed to make movies since I was a child. That's all I ever wanted to do is, be an actress and be a singer in movies, and I never dreamed I'd have the opportunity to write one, or produce one and co-wrote all the songs for it. That was just sort of, you know, cream on up on the top," Gifford, 67, told Fox News during the movie's virtual press junket.
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The former morning show host said she knew she wanted to work with Ferguson, 58, on a film after he joined her as co-host on "Today" for a week.
"We worked together at the 'Today' show for one explosive week and we enjoyed it so much and had such a good time we tried to say, well, what can we do next to sort of harness this fun, this chemistry that we have? And he suggested that we write a movie together..." she explained.
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"I say that to everybody!" Ferguson joked. "Whenever they say, 'That was nice, did you have fun?' I went yeah, 'Let's write a movie!' But Kathie is the only one who actually went ahead and wrote a movie."
Gifford described how the plot and characters were easy to create.
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"Literally what I put down on paper was coming to life in real-time with this human being that I want in my life for the rest of my life. His wife, Megan, and his family, Scotland. I just want to keep making movies in Scotland with Craig," she gushed.
"Then Came You" is available on-demand October 2.