Kathie Lee Gifford is speaking out this week to credit God with allowing her to embrace aging. Indeed, at 71 years of age, she firmly believes that she’s aging gracefully thanks to a higher power.
Gifford Sounds Off On Aging
Gifford is currently an ambassador for QVC’s Quintessential 50. This is “a collective of inspiring women over 50 who show that life only gets better with age.”
Earlier this month, Gifford attended QVC’s TikTok Super Brand Day. This event was meant to mark the second year of QVC’s Age of Possibility platform. There, Gifford was asked what the concept of the Age of Possibility means to her.
“Maybe something different than it is to a lot of women who think ‘Are there any possibilities left for me?'” Gifford told Fox News in response. “And they have a sense of despair — some of them — a little sense of well, ‘What am I here for anymore?’”
“But I’ve always had purpose in my life,” she continued. “I’ve been solid and just steadfast. I’ve tried to be a believer in Almighty God, and if I wake up every morning, that means — I’ve got a pulse. That means he has got a purpose for me and that’s what I try to do is listen to his voice. Figure out what that purpose is, and go about it holding his hand.”
“And not getting ahead of Him because I can’t do it without Him,” the former Live with Regis and Kathie Lee host added. “I can’t breathe without Him, and never had a day in my life when I thought I could. I’m grateful for that. I’m grateful that I came to that kind of faith early on in life. I don’t know what I would have turned out to be in Hollywood if I hadn’t been rooted in my faith. Right, wrong, immoral, moral. I mean, it saved me from a lot of despair.”
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Gifford’s Approach To Aging Each Decade
Gifford went on to address how she has approached each new decade of her life as she’s aged.
“When I turned 50, I still had little kids,” Gifford explained. This was a reference to her two children Cody, 35, and Cassidy, 31.
“And I was busy. I was still working with Regis. And then even at 60, I was working with Regis,” she stated. “And then I turned 71 this past year. “
Gifford’s Life Of Purpose At 71
Indeed, now that she’s in her 70s, Gifford feels nothing but gratitude as she continues to live her life with purpose.
“I know it’s hard to believe,” she admitted. “There are things in my body I’m not happy about. But I’ve got a brand new book coming out. I’ve got three movies I’m writing and producing with my son. What else am I doing? I’ve got two new grandchildren coming. I will have five under the age of three in three years.”
“I mean, if you live in the past, you’re gonna die there,” Gifford concluded. “If you just concentrate on what you’ve lost in your life, you’re going to miss out on what you still have. And God wants you to be grateful. Not enough grateful people in this world, you know? There just aren’t.”
Gifford has long been known as one of the only openly devout Christians in the entertainment world. We applaud her for continuing to use her platform to spread the word of God.
If only there were more celebrities out there like Kathie Lee Gifford!
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