Fresh off a stint guest-hosting NBC’s TODAY Show (@todayshow) along side Crazy Aunt Kathy Lee Gifford (as we now affectionately refer to her), Tori Spelling (@torianddean) admits she was not only nervous about her hosting gig but that she was terrified of Kathy Lee Gifford (that makes two of us).

In an interview with OK! Magazine (@okmagazine), Spelling recounts her first harrowing days co-hosting TODAY with Gifford in which Gifford both supported her and “hazed” her.  Said Spelling of Gifford (@kathyLgifford):

“That was her thing. Don’t hold back. I remember the first day, I was a little nervous, and I thought ‘OK, it’s Kathie Lee, she’s like an icon, she’s been doing this forever, I have to be so respectful.’ And then she was busting my balls, and I thought ‘oh, I can’t fire back.’ Then, we went to lunch that day and we completely bonded. We had the total two-hour girlfriend lunch, and the next day I came back firing at her. I just felt like I could do that. We were on the same level. And we had bonded – we were girlfriends. It’s so nice to have that compatibility, and we just totally clicked.”

Translation:  Kathie Lee Gifford bitch-slapped her all over that set.

Despite the nerve-wrecking experience, Tori pulled it off like a pro and even admitted wanting to explore the possibility of hosting her own talk show in the near future (if she can find the time between being a mom and starring in Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood):

“I would like to, if they would have me back,” she says. “I definitely like the format of the talk show, so I’d definitely love to do something like that in the future.”

What do we think?  Would Tori be a great talk show host?  Read the entire article here.

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