“Nobody knows what I went through,” she writes in her book (viaToo Fab).

“You feel hopeless and you don’t want to live anymore.”

Sadly, this includes the painful memories of Gifford’s first marriage.

Kathie Lee Gifford smiling

WhatPeoplecalled a “sexless marriage” turned out to be significantly “damaging” to her self-esteem.

“I felt humiliated sleeping in my guestroom.

And I was very hopeful that one day I would find a real love.”

Kathie Lee Gifford holding an Emmy