RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal that Kathie Lee Gifford has fled New York City for the Promised Land!<br /><br />"Kathie Lee is on her way to Israel,” a source revealed of the Today co-host, who was blindsided when her sidekick Hoda Kotb was promoted to take over for Matt Lauer after he was canned for multiple allegations of sexual impropriety.<br /><br />As Radar reported, Gifford, 64, is “livid” about 53-year-old Kotb moving on — and up — “but she knew it was coming.”<br /><br />fourth hour,” a show insider previously explained. “She wants to focus all her attention on the first two hours.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, Gifford will be concentrating on promoting her new book, The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began.<br /><br />Gifford, reads a blurb about the book, “has always desired a deeper understanding of God’s Word and a deeper knowledge of God Himself. But it wasn’t until she began studying the biblical texts in their original Hebrew and Greek — along with actually hiking the ancient paths of Israel — that she found the fulfillment of those desires.”<br /><br />has yet to name who will take Kotb’s place opposite Gifford, a decision that could take months to figure out.<br /><br />How will Kathie Lee fare on Today once Hoda is gone? Who would you like to see as her new morning-show sidekick?<br /><br />We pay for juicy info! Do you have a story for RadarOnline.com? Email us at tips@radaronline.com, or call us at 800-344-9598 any time, day or night.
