August 30, 2008 --
KATHIE Lee Gifford's cheesy Chinese imitation on the "Today" show this week is under fire. "It's difficult to believe in this day and age . . . [she] chose to relate on national television an 'amusing' anecdote about Al Roker sending birthday greetings to her in a mock 'Chinese' accent," the Asian American Journalists Association fumed in a letter to NBC brass demanding an apology. "If that weren't bad enough, Gifford decided to spice up her performance by squinting her eyes into slits . . . All that were missing were the buck teeth and Coke-bottle glasses." Gifford's rep didn't get back to us.
