Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford were married in 1986. It was in 1997 that, after the tabloid The Globe reported the story, Frank admitted that he’d had an affair with flight attendant, Suzen Johnson. Apparently the entire episode was videotaped. So Kathie Lee Gifford was faced with not only dealing with her husband’s infidelity but the widespread publicity about it.
 
When asked about how she managed to forgive Frank’s infidelity, Kathie Lee Gifford replied:
When Frank and I went through it all, my dear friend the counselor said, ‘If you can’t forgive your husband, forgive your children’s father.’ It changed everything. Because my children’s father is the finest man I know. He’s easy to forgive, rather than the one who hurt me personally. The minute I got my eyes off me, that’s when the real healing started.” She’s not suggesting that everything changed instantly when she shifted focus. “It’s so hard. Trust takes one second to lose and a lifetime to rebuild.”