Kathie Lee Gifford broke down in tears as she revealed that Donald Trump kept her and her newborn daughter safe from a dangerous stalker over three decades ago by lending her his private helicopter. 

The presenter and singer, 71, grew emotional as she told the anecdote on The Sage Steele Show, saying the incident happened 31 years ago as she was set to host the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. 

She said she and her newborn daughter Cassidy were on their way to the city when her late husband, NFL legend Frank Gifford, was warned by the FBI that she had received a death threat. 

'The FBI called my husband, and they said, 'Mr. Gifford, we have a problem. There's this guy. This is a very, very bad human being. [He] was a psychopathic murderer — a rapist and murderer. And he's coming to get your wife,'' Gifford recalled. 

Gifford claimed that the FBI told her husband that the suspect had 'raped and tortured' his own aunt, but asked him to keep his family's schedule the same to not tip off the killer.  

She said her husband refused to agree until he made one phone call, and after the FBI allowed him to do so, 'he called Donald.'

Gifford said that the suspect would have known her location because she always stayed at the Trump Plaza and Casino when she was in Atlantic City, but the now-president ensured her young family would be safe by flying her to the hotel. 

As she teared up, Gifford said: 'And this is why I will love this man for my whole life.' 

Gifford explained that she was unaware that Trump stepped in to protect her, and had 'never heard it until just the other day.' 

Although the star did not reveal the identity of the stalker, she said that the FBI found out about the plot against her because when the suspect 'raped and tortured' his aunt, the victim managed to escape and call the police. 

'Somebody told me how she finally got away from him,' she continued. 'He left. He stole her keys and told her, 'Now I'm going to go after Kathie Lee.'