Leeza Gibbons, 67, is stepping back from Hollywood after working with stars like Tom Cruise and Trump

Leeza Gibbons moves away from show business for a project that interests her.

The 67-year-old blonde has been active in Hollywood for more than 45 years working with stars such as Tom Cruise and Donald Trump.

She was an on-air journalist and co-host of Entertainment Tonight and later starred on her eponymous show Leeza before appearing on The Celebrity Apprentice with Trump and guest starring on The Talk with Sharon Osbourne.

Now the South Carolina native wants to work in Help caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients find the resources they need.

That’s why she will dedicate much of her time to her nonprofit, Leeza’s Care Connection.

The star has seen firsthand how difficult it is to deal with loved ones who have Alzheimer’s: Gibbons’ mother, Jean, passed away in 2008 from the disease, and her grandmother also died from it.

“It’s the best job I’ve ever done,” Gibbons said. People.

The red carpet veteran wanted to help caregivers and make sure they can talk to others about what’s happening to them.

‘I always say, “You can’t cure it if you don’t reveal it.” There is tremendous power in feeling heard, in being able to alleviate some of the guilt, pain or even frustration that caregivers feel.’

And then he said, ‘It’s the most fun.’ He is the most creative; It is the most dynamic. The only thing that really lasts is how we take care of each other. And this puts me in touch with that on a daily basis.”

But she won’t be abandoning Hollywood completely.

“I wouldn’t say I retired,” Gibbons said with a smile. she is developing TV projects at the moment.

“I call it ‘slowing down,'” he said. ‘That doesn’t mean you’re no longer in the race. It simply means that you have found a different lane and are no longer distracted by other cars on the road.

‘And I think you get greater clarity about where you’re going and what you want.

“No one has loved their career more than I have loved mine. It’s been a really fun journey and I’ve loved every aspect of it,” she shared with the site.

“But I deliberately changed pace when I entered into what I consider my true calling, which was my nonprofit.”

Leeza called this her “third act.”

“I believe life unfolds in three stages,” Gibbons said.

‘Stage one, you are growing and learning. Stage two, the middle of your life, you are acquiring and achieving. And then you get to stage three, where I am now, where you can celebrate and reflect… and start receiving.’

His philosophy on life is healthy: “I think you start out happy, then there are a few dips along the way, and as you get older, you climb that happiness curve again.” And that’s when you find peace.’

And he has a smart approach to aging: “I don’t look at people and think, ‘How old are you?’ I think, ‘How many lives have you lived?’

Leeza She is married to former talent manager Steven Fenton.

They met at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills during a blind date in 2009.

Fenton, former president of the Beverly Hills Board of Education, proposed in June 2010.

“On my first date with Steven, he was 38 and I was 51… Now, three years later, I can finally embrace my inner cougar,” Gibbons exclaimed in 2011.

Gibbons has had a rollercoaster love life.

She was married to John Hicks between 1980 and 1982. She was married for two years to British actor Chris Quinten, who is Lexi’s father. He starred in the soap opera Coronation Street for 10 years.

After her divorce in 1991, she married Stephen Meadows that same year, but they divorced in 2005. He is the father of Troy and Nathan.