Kathie Lee Gifford was hospitalised with a fractured pelvis after a fall.
Kathie Lee Gifford broke her pelvis
The former ‘Today’ host was recovering from her recent hip replacement surgery when she took a tumble and “just tripped” while rushing to answer the door to a friend, leading to her spending more than a week in hospital for physical therapy.
Kathie had “moved 300 books” by herself while signing books in Nashville, leaving her body “weakened” before she fell.
She told People magazine: “It’s my own fault.
“It didn’t take much, because I was weak in that spot. And the next thing you know, I am back in the hospital with a fractured pelvis, the front and the back. That’s more painful than anything I went through with the hip. The pelvis is unbelievably painful. But anyway, here I am.”
The 70-year-old star described the incident as a “humbling experience” and she’s now planning to slow down a little.
She added: “You think you know your body and the next thing you know, your body changes when you get older.
“And as much as I don’t wanna think about it, I am.
“It’s summer for everybody but me. But it’s OK. I’m going to get out to my little farm one of these days and stick my feet in my salt pool. The Lord is telling me it’s time to slow down. I’ve been running my whole life. The Lord is telling me, ‘You’ve planted a gazillion roses. Try smelling them.’ “
The ‘Then Came You’ actress admitted earlier this month that her hip surgery and recovery had been “one of the most painful situations of [her] entire life.”
She added to People magazine: “It’s been really hard.”
Kathie needed the surgery as a result of her active lifestyle, but she has no regrets.
She said: “[I ask myself] would I change that? No, I was doing what God put me on this earth to do. Every year of it, I was doing what He called me to do.”
