Gifford told the outlet that the day before her fall, she “moved 300 pounds” at an e-book signing in Nashville, Tennessee. “I weakened my body,” he explained.
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Kathie Lee Gifford fell while recovering from hip replacement surgery and was hospitalized for a week. (Slave Vlasic/Getty Images)
“It’s my fault,” Gifford continued.
The next day, one of Gifford’s friends visited him at the time of the fall.
“It’s my fault. “
“It didn’t take much, because he was weak there,” Gifford told the outlet. “And the next thing you know, I’m back in the hospital with a damaged pelvis: front and back. It’s more painful than anything that’s ever happened to my hip. The pelvis is incredibly painful, but anyway, here I’m”.
Gifford described the experience as “humiliating” and thankfully stayed in the hospital for a week because she had “no confidence” in herself.
Kathie Lee Gifford fractured her pelvis in two blows when she fell (Getty Images).
“You think you know your body and the next thing you know, your body adjusts as you get older,” she said. “And even if I don’t need to think about it, it’s true. “
Gifford continued: “It’s summer for everyone but me. But that’s okay. I’m going to go to my little farm one of those days and put my feet in my salt pool. The Lord tells me it’s time to slow down. ” . . I’ve been running my whole life. The Lord tells me: ‘You have planted billions of roses. ‘”
Earlier this month, Gifford told the outlet that recovering from his hip replacement had been “one of the most painful situations” of his entire life.
Kathie Lee Gifford described her hip replacement surgery as a “humbling” experience. (Photo by: Bravo/NBCU Stock Photo Getty Images)
And he added: “It has been difficult. “
After her procedure, Gifford “jumped off the table after my surgery,” but temporarily realized that her structure (her brain) wasn’t ready for a slower pace.
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“I walked, I went up, I walked and my doctor told me, ‘Kathie, no. You have to know that this is serious,'” he said.
Kathie Lee Gifford who “left my walker in two days. “(Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Gifford boasted that he “stopped using the walker in two days” and then all his medications in 3 days, but “then I overdid it. “I overdid it because that’s who I am. ”
“I used books, signed and prepared, and my grandchildren came to visit me,” she said.
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“And you can’t. I learned from this that you can’t do much. You are simply a human being. You are simply a human being. And I’m very grateful. “
Kathie Lee Gifford has no regrets about her hip surgery. (Getty Images)
His surgery was mandatory because Gifford noticed that “his hips [were] up to the knots,” which doctors told him because of his incredibly active lifestyle.
“You’ve climbed mountains, made movies, gone on stage. You never took off your high heels, and you kept going and that’s why you live what you’re going through,” they recall.
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Despite this, Gifford doesn’t know why she needed surgery or the complicated healing process.
Kathie Lee Gifford rose to fame in the early 1980s. (Photo via Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
“[I wonder] would I replace this? No, I’m doing what God had put me to do on this Earth. Every year I did what He called me to do,” he said.
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In the early 1980s, he began working as a correspondent for “Good Morning America” and in 1985 he teamed up with Regis Philbin to host “The Morning Show” on a local New York station. Three years later, the exhibit was featured nationally as “¡Live!”With Regis and Kathie Lee,” and has had a last name ever since.
Fox News Digital’s Emily Trainham contributed to this report.
Janelle Ash is an editor at Fox News Digital.
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