The 'mystery man' caught on camera smooching and grinding with Kathie Lee Gifford at an outdoor concert last week is an insurance agent from Spring Hill, Tennessee, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Randall (Randy) Cronk, 56, has captured the heart of the 65-year-old former Today Show host. Cronk is president of RMC Insurance Group, part of the Nationwide chain. He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1986.
His home in Spring Hill is about 35 miles south of Nashville, where Kathie Lee moved following her departure from the Today.
The 65-year-old was in high spirits as she rocked out with her man to a Journey tribute band in Franklin, Tennessee last Sunday.
Gifford snapped her fingers, danced and laughed as she enjoyed the music at the Carnton Plantation, which is about 20 miles south of Gifford's new home.
A bystander told DailyMailTV: 'She looked a little tipsy. She was having a great time dancing very intimately with a male friend. Retirement looks good on her.'
DailyMail.com can reveal Kathie Lee Gifford, 65, is Randall (Randy) Cronk, 56, an insurance agent from Spring Hill Tennessee. Cronk posted this picture on his Facebook captioned, 'Awesome dance partner tonight'
Kathie Lee Gifford, 65, was in high spirits as she rocked out with Randy to a Journey tribute band in Franklin, Tennessee on Sunday
The former talk show host snapped her fingers, laughed and grinded on Randy as she enjoyed the music
A bystander told DailyMailTV: 'She looked a little tipsy. She was having a great time dancing very intimately with a male friend. Retirement looks good on her'
The loved up couple was later spotted relaxing in lawn chairs while they watched the performance
Gifford wore her hair in a low ponytail and had on a loose blue and white printed dress, pairing the look with black strappy sandals.
Cronk was similarly dressed down in beige shorts, a blue T-shirt and a baseball cap.
At one point, he grabbed a smitten Gifford in for a closer embrace.
They were later spotted relaxing in lawn chairs while they watched the performance.
While Kathie Lee has remained mum on her current relationship status, Randy seems to have made two appearances on her Instagram page, including a shot where his arm is around her waist.
Cronk posted a lovey dovey picture on his Facebook from a festival the couple attended on June 15 and captioned, 'Awesome dance partner tonight'
Gifford bid goodbye to hosting the TODAY show this April, after joining the program in 2008.
A month after her retirement, Gifford told People magazine that she was finally ready to begin dating, but asserted: 'I'm not interested in something that isn't magnificent.
'Do I need companionship? Yes, I do, and that's one of the main reasons I moved to Nashville. Not that I'm looking for a man. What I'm looking for is an active, vibrant life.'
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Gifford wore her hair in a low ponytail and had on a loose blue and white printed dress and paired the look with black strappy sandals. Her male companion was similarly dressed down in beige shorts, a blue T-shirt and a baseball cap
While Kathie Lee has remained mum about her current relationship status, the mystery man seems to have made two appearances on her Instagram page, including a shot where his arm is around her waist (pictured)
The 65-year-old seems to be enjoying retirement and the budding relationship, four years after the death of her husband Frank Gifford (pictured), who died aged 84 in 2015
But it seems the former talk show host has found what she is looking for - a few years after the death of her husband Frank Gifford, who died a week before his 85th birthday in 2015.
Speaking of her late husband, who played for the New York Giants before joining ABC's Monday Night Football, she said: 'Some men are afraid of living up to the mantle of Frank Gifford, and there’s no reason for that.'
The two had been married nearly 30 years - but it wasn't entirely smooth sailing.
In 1997, a few years after the births of their two children Cody, now 29, and Cassidy, now 25, Frank was caught cheating on Kathie Lee with a flight attendant.
The supermarket tabloid Globe revealed that Frank had a sexual tryst with a married, 46-year-old TWA flight attendant named Suzen Johnson, who alleged that she and Gifford had been seeing each other for several years.
When Kathie Lee found out she was devastated but the two were able to put their marriage back together with no further public hiccups.
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