Kathie Lee Gifford Is Your Moral Authority
I didn't know that hosting the 8th hour of the Today show each morning also came with the right to be the moral authority for the world. If I had known it was that sweet of a job, I might have taken it. Not that they were offering, but still, to have that kind of power. Nice.
See, Kathie Lee Gifford has in her own obnoxious kind of dingbatty way started expressing her opinions on everything from what soap works best, to what religion you should practice. See, the thing is that the world is very hypocritical and Kathie Lee knows that and takes advantage of it.
Last week was wedding week on Today and so as usual the show sent Kathie to be with the people, because there is nothing more painful or humorous to watch than Kathie Lee Gifford dealing with "everyday people." Oh, she pretends to be an everyday person, but you can just see how uncomfortable any interaction with someone not working for her makes her. This whole being with people and interacting them, is causing her to waste more water than Celine Dion in an effort to get clean.
Anyway, last week, she was posing questions to members of a wedding party. They were multiple choice and in one of them, Pagans were referenced. Kathie Lee immediately called them the "nasty, bad pagans." Umm. Last time I checked, Paganism was an official religion and entitled to nonprofit status from the IRS.
Who made Kathie Lee the moral arbiter of the world? What if Kathie Lee was a pagan and referred to Christians or Jews or Muslims that way. I don't think they would be too happy. What if it had been Scientologists she had called nasty. Wow, Tom Cruise would have been back in Matt Lauer's face quicker than Paris Hilton smiles for a millionaire.
I'm not a pagan, but I know I have readers who are. As far as I know, Kathie Lee has not been forced to apologize or issued a statement saying she misspoke. So, no big deal right? Well, depends on if you are a pagan, or if you think that Kathie Lee will now be emboldened knowing there are no consequences and move to the next item on her morality agenda. To be proud of who you are or what you believe is one thing, but to demean something you are not is quite another.
NBC and Kathie Lee should apologize. If you don't want to watch the entire clip, she goes off on pagans at 4:44.
