Kathie Lee Gifford Reveals She Moved to Nashville Because She Was 'Dying of Loneliness' After Husband's Death

Kathie Lee Gifford is opening up about her move.

The 66-year-old former Today TV presenter opened up in an interview with The Tennesseean about moving from her home in Connecticut to Nashville, Tenn.

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“That huge, beautiful, memory-filled home was like a morgue to me,” she explained, referring to her husband Frank Gifford‘s death in 2015, as well as her adult children moving out.

“I moved here because I was dying of loneliness. Here’s the bad news — I’m a widow, an orphan, and an empty-nester. The good news is, I have the freedom of a widow, an orphan and an empty-nester,” she went on to say, adding that she’s working on music, as well as a children’s book and two Hallmark movies.

“I’ve got all the time to spend my days writing. I’m having the life I could’ve only ever dreamed of.”

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