Love Quote by Kathie Lee Gifford

The line reads like a wink from someone who knows her brand: the effusive daytime talker who can fill dead air with charm and a story. Kathie Lee Gifford starts by conceding the obvious - “It’s no secret that I love to talk” - which functions as a preemptive disarm. She names the critique before anyone else can. In celebrity culture, that move is protective: it frames her talkativeness as self-aware rather than self-important.

Then she flips the script with “but the real secret is I love to listen, too,” a neat piece of reputational jujitsu. “Secret” is doing double duty here. It implies there’s a private, more virtuous version of the public persona, and it invites the audience into that intimacy. For an entertainer whose job is conversation-as-performance, listening becomes the moral credential. It’s the trait that signals empathy, humility, professionalism - the subtle claim that the on-camera exuberance is anchored by off-camera attentiveness.

The context is daytime TV’s tightrope: hosts must be big enough to be the engine of the show, but warm enough that guests and viewers feel seen. Gifford’s phrasing also nods to a cultural shift in how we judge talkers. In an era of oversharing and constant commentary, “I listen” is not just personal; it’s aspirational, a way to align herself with emotional intelligence without sounding preachy.

Most of all, the sentence is stagecraft. It preserves her signature sparkle while quietly insisting she’s not merely a voice - she’s a receiver. That’s how you keep charisma from curdling into noise.