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Kathie Lee Gifford Recalls 'Cruel' Casting Agent Telling Her She Wasn't Pretty Enough For Charlie's Angels TV Series

Kathie Lee Gifford opens up to PEOPLE exclusively about being told she wasn't pretty enough to star in the ABC 'Charlie's Angels' series, which aired from 1976 to 1981 for five seasons.

The former Today co-host, 70, recalls being sick with the flu when she found out that the studio was looking to replace one of the actresses on the show. The series, which followed three women at a Los Angeles private detective agency, originally starred Jackson, Smith and Farrah Fawcett. The former TV host, who writes about the power of forgiveness and kindness in her new book, revealed that Stern reached out to apologize in 2011 after they saw each other on the Today show.

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