Kathie Lee Gifford’s attempt to present herself as a compassionate Christian hit a bit of a snag when she launched into a minor rant against the LGBTQ community in a new interview with right-wing personality Tomi Lahren.

During the sit-down, News Nation insider Lahren asked the retired morning TV personality how he reconciles his acceptance of the LGBTQ community with his faith, a topic that came up in relation to actor Shia LaBeouf recently proclaiming that he personally had “no problems” with gays, but that the Bible says otherwise.

(LaBeouf was arrested last month in New Orleans after allegedly assaulting two men while shouting homophobic slurs during Mardi Gras celebrations. Defending his actions in an interview after the incident, he said that “big gays scare me.”)

While Gifford acknowledged that Scripture certainly has “something to say” about homosexuality, she told Lahren that she tries to live by another maxim: “That’s a four-letter word and it’s called LOVE, love.”

Kathie Lee Gifford, here during a stop at the Fox News studio in New York City in 2022, told right-wing media personality Tomi Lahren not to
Kathie Lee Gifford, here during a stop at the News studio in New York City in 2022, told right-wing media personality Tomi Lahren that she doesn’t “judge anyone” but that she had a grievance with the LGBTQ community.

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“I’ve had as many or more gay friends than straight friends or whatever,” he continued, before interrupting his own thought with a complaint about the LGBTQ acronym itself.

“I don’t even know how many cards there are now,” Gifford lamented. “They really have to stop it. We know what you mean, you know?”

Returning to her original point, the former “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” host said, “I’m not telling anyone how to live their life. I never have. I just know what Jesus said: Love your neighbor as yourself. Love God first.”

Gifford told Lahren that she heard that message directly from God Himself, sharing a memory of when the Lord once told her, “Kathy, you will be too busy loving people you don’t agree with to judge them.”

“I don’t judge anyone,” he concluded. “That’s God’s business.”

Gifford is promoting her latest book, “Nero & Paul,” a fictional account of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero and Saint Paul, one of the world’s first and most influential Christian missionaries.