Kathie Lee & Hoda: New O.J. Simpson TV series brings back unpleasant memories
By Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb
O.J. Simpson and his wife Nicole. (Robin Platzer/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty)
Everyone is talking about "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" — the hot new series on FX. We remember how hot that story was — everyone covered it, everyone talked about it and everyone had an opinion once the verdict was reached.
KLG: Ugh, for those of us who lived it, you don't really want to go through it again. Frank and I knew O.J. Frank got USC to recruit him and he helped get him on the "Monday Night Football" team. And we were friends with him and Nicole and were very close to the Jenners while the trial was going on.
HK: Isn't that funny how the Kardashians have become such a part of this whole thing?
KLG: They were then, too.
HK: But nobody cared.
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KLG: The one that everybody knew was Robert, because he was in the courtroom.
HK: I was working in local news in New Orleans and I remember seeing the split screen of the verdict — a white audience and a black audience and their reactions. That's when you realized how divided the whole country was over it.
KLG: It's a lot like Bill Cosby. O.J. was beloved. He was one of those people who broke the race barrier. The "Naked Gun" movies, the Hertz commercials, the ABC job.
Lady Gaga will be singing the national anthem on Super Bowl Sunday. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
HK: You're so right.
KLG: I'll never forget the morning that we heard that Nicole was dead. I remember it so well. We heard it on the news, I was getting ready to go in to do the show and I looked at Frank and I said, 'Are you shocked?' And he goes, 'I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised.'
HK: Wow.
SUPER BOWL OF SNACKS
Ahhh, the Super Bowl, the great national holiday where we unbutton our pants, stuff our faces and drink till we can't pronounce our names. Or, you know, just a regular Sunday night at the Kotb and Gifford residences.
HK: I'm excited for Lady Gaga to sing the national anthem.
KLG: I hope she sings it straight and surprises us. I think she'll be fantastic. She's really has a beautiful voice. I just hope she pays a lot of attention to the lyrics.
HK: But can we talk about snacks for a second? When Kathie Lee has her parties, there is not a better snack joint in the world. The guacamole is insane.
KLG: Don't forget the margaritas!
HK: I think the problem about going to a Super Bowl party after going to one at Kathie Lee's house is, well, nothing is ever as good.
Miss Piggy seems to be enjoying the single life. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Disney)
KLG: I don't want to have a party. It's just too soon.
HK: Want me to come over?
KLG: Not really.
HK: OK, then, fine.
KLG: You could come up if you want. I ain't cooking, let me put it that way.
HK: Well, this is awkward.
DO NOT SWINE & DINE ME
This pig is on fire! In an interview with Sirius XM on Monday, Miss Piggy said she doesn't need a man to bring home the bacon, or for anything else. "Look, who knows what's going to happen in the future with moi and Kermit," the bitter pig said. "I know one thing is for certain. I do not need a man in my life."
HK: That's one empowered pig. Tell her we feel her.
KLG: Aren't we all just empowered pigs?
HK: Their relationship was kinky though. Hello, he's a frog.
KLG: Yeah, Miss Piggy, he's not a man, he's a frog! With a man it's bestiality. With a frog, well, that's interspecies.
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KLG: There's too many good things around here.
HK: We're eating EVERYTHING.
KLG: And drinking.
HK: Yesterday I weighed myself. 153. I felt awful. Today, 149!
KLG: It's called menopause. It's just bloat. Nobody loses 5 pounds in a day.
HK: Listen, I only weigh myself on one scale, naked, in the corner of the gym. Every day. I don't even know how we started talking about this. Next!
There was nothing saggy about Susan Sarandon at the SAG Awards. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Turner)
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There was nothing saggy about Susan Sarandon, 69, and her girls at Sunday's SAG Awards.
HK: They were hoisted and in your face.
KLG: Where she wanted them!
HK: Certainly not saggy.
KLG: Well, it's better than looking at my cleavage. As our friend Bette Midler says, "Honey, past 50, nobody wants to see those things." She says they look like "peach pits"!
HK: Not Susan's! I'm glad she did it.
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