I don’t think she meant to make him sad with her song. In her defense, that title is totally misleading. I think it’s titled “Kathie Lee makes an Autistic boy cry”. Just keep in mind his social patterns and such will be different than yours and just be his friend. He didn’t ask to be born with Asperger Syndrome. I can’t stand how this young man was made to feel in front on a live audience and the rest of the nation.
I don’t mean for this to come across as angry, but I realize it is. I wanted to ask the mother of the young man with AS how she felt about it afterward? Maybe not such a good idea. I wished they had told their mothers they refuse to go on the show. I really felt bad for those two young men. Well, what do you think he’s going to say on national television? They all laugh! What? He just told you the song you wrote about his life is too sad and you laugh? She also asks the senior if he liked the song. When the song is finished, Kathie Lee turns to the young man with AS and asks how he likes the song. So, really, did you think two young jocks would like that? Not to mention it is performed by a Broadway screeching soprano. Pretty much the song talked about how much a social misfit this young man was but then the “miracle” of you (the senior) came along and made things better. Why on earth she thought these two guys would think it was a tribute to them, I cannot comprehend. Kathie Lee speaks to him as if he were a five-year-old and even accidentally calls him by the wrong name.īut let’s get to the song.
Clearly, Kathie Lee and Hoda are not comfortable with talking to someone who is “different”. After some interviewing of the senior (who by this time is in college) they include talking to the other young man. Not only does she have the two young men come on the show with their mothers, she wrote a song for them! Yeah, that’s exactly what two young men want…a song by Kathie Lee Gifford written for them. This is what prompted the mother, I guess, to write a letter bragging about her son. Then the mother of the boy who has AS, tells the mother of the senior how much it has changed her son’s life for the better because this senior is his friend. For the first time in two years, Kathie Lee Gifford is back in Studio 1A in person to talk about her new book, The Jesus I Know, and more. Great! It was really nice of that young man to befriend someone. The freshman is a young man who has Asperger Syndrome. Her son, a handsome and athletic high school senior, befriended a freshman who was sitting by himself. You know you’ve received those emails and texts! ? But to go on national television and brag about them? The kicker is what she says. Now, mind you, I am the first to brag about my kids and share their witty little stories. This mom writes a letter to the show to brag about how great her son is. It’s called, “Everyone Has a Story”, or something like that. They have a segment on their show where they honor people for one reason or another. Kathie Lee, bless her heart, has been annoying me for years now, but this tops it all.