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Kathie Lee Gifford revealed her weeks-long romance with a “mysterious” and “attractive” Nashville-based man, as she insisted her late husband Frank “isn’t her last love.” 

Kathie Lee, 67, moved to Nashville after the death of her late husband Frank and retirement from the TODAY show. 

In her memoir, It’s Never Too Late, Kathie Lee revealed she was in a “deep state of loneliness” when she arrived to town. 

Her friends “dragged” her to music festivals, clubs, church, parades, restaurants and more. 

She wrote: “And something magical happened. I had fun… I hadn’t had fun in my personal life for several years, actually the four years since Frank had passed. I hardly ever went out. Now I went out someplace almost every night.”

After living in Nashville for a few months, an “attractive man” who had smiled at her earlier tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to dance while at a club. 

She penned: “We danced, and he promptly disappeared into the packed house. Well, that was fun, I thought and went back to enjoying the show. 

Two weeks later at a music festival, the “mysterious man reappeared.”

The singer wrote: “‘So you came back for more, huh?’ I teased him, and this time we danced a lot longer. Then you guessed it, he simply disappeared into the packed crowd.”

Later in the evening, he thanked her for the second dance. 

When she asked him: “What are you doing to do about it?”

He replied: “Well, I’m a little intimidated by you… you’re Kathie Lee Gifford.”

She responded: “No I’m not, I’m just a woman.”

The two then exchanged numbers. 

She continued to write: “Then I looked at him and said, ‘And if you don’t call me, I will never dance with you again.' Finally, it was my turn to disappear into the night.

“Not sure if I left him traumatized or energized, but he did call, and we spent a fun couple of weeks dancing all over town. He was nice. He was sweet to me, yet I knew from the beginning it wasn’t going to turn into anything other than that.

“We lived very different lives, and mine was about to get busy and hectic again… He understood, and I know we both said goodbye with a sense of gratitude for our fun time together.”

He continued to write: “So many people ask me if I think I’ll ever get married again. ‘I have no idea.’ I always answer. I don’t know what my future holds, but I know the One who holds my future.

“I’ve been blessed with a great love, and only God knows if Frank was my last one. Honestly, I hope not. I have such a full, vibrant, and exciting life. I’d love nothing more than to share it with someone who understands it, values it, and enjoys it as much as I do.”

Though Kathie Lee did not reveal the man’s name, it is likely insurance agent Randy Cronk, who she dated in February 2020.

She told DailyMailTV at the time: "I have dated. I would like to find somebody, I'm a people person. I am dating a very sweet guy. I told him how blessed I am. I feel very cozy in there and he asked if you ever get lonely and I said 'every day.'"

Daily Mail identified the “sweet guy” as Randy, who is from Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Kathie Lee was photographed with Randy on social media, as he even had his arm around her waist in one photo. 

In September, Kathie Lee confirmed she is single. 

In an interview with Extra TV she said: "I have dated a little bit. It's not been successful.”

Also in Kathie Lee’s book, she opened up about how she forgave her late husband after he “committed adultery” in 1997 at the Regency Hotel in New York City. 

She wrote: “For years I avoided driving down Park Avenue, hoping to avoid the natural emotions it would trigger.”

After the infidelity, Kathie Lee and Frank, who passed away in 2015 at age 84, began sessions with a “trusted counselor.”

The former TODAY host penned: “Frank immediately asked me to forgive him and I did. I had to. My whole faith is built on the foundation of forgiveness: Jesus died for me for the forgiveness of my sins. We cannot withhold from others what He has freely given to us.”

But Kathie Lee “struggled” with the “casual way” he expected them to move on, “as if nothing had happened."

She continued: “I couldn’t automatically feel the same way about him that I always had. He wasn’t my hero anymore.”

Her therapist urged her to “forgive your children's father," if she is unable to forgive her husband. 

She wrote: “It was a revelatory moment. It took my eyes off of me and set them squarely on my children, who were still completely unaware of their father’s unfaithfulness. My children's father was a wonderful, loving, gentle, compassionate, generous and sweet man. 

“He was easy to forgive because I knew his heart.”

She asked of God: “Please give me a deeper desire for Frank than I have ever had for him, even more than at the beginning.”

The Live with Regis and Kathie Lee host continued: “To my surprise, God answered my prayer and gave me a desire for Frank unlike anything we had ever experienced. Every time we made love it was truly healing for me.

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Kathie Lee and Frank married in 1986 and are parents to son Cody, 30, and daughter Cassidy, 27.

Frank passed away suddenly in 2015 at the age of 84. 

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