Kathie Lee Gifford was hospitalized during a Hip Replacement

Kathie Lee Gifford hospitalized with a broken pelvis while recovering from hip replacement surgery.

Gifford, 70, told People in an interview published on Tuesday, July 30, that he injured his back in two places while recovering from a hip procedure revealed by the outlet on July 16.

Gifford was recently hospitalized for “over a week” after delivering “300 books by myself” at a book signing in Nashville, then passed out the next day when a friend visited her at home.

The former talk show host “just tripped” after rushing out the door to meet a friend. “I weakened my body … my fault,” Gifford told the outlet. “It didn't take long, because I was weak in that area. And the next thing you know, I'm back in the hospital with a broken pelvis: front and back. That hurts more than anything I've been through with my hip. The pelvis hurts beyond belief. but anyway, here I am.”

Gifford spent her second visit to the hospital focusing on physical therapy in what the author calls a “humbling experience.”

“You think you know your body and the next thing you know, your body changes as you get older,” Gifford said. “And as much as I don't want to think about it, I am.”

Gifford added that she is looking into the incident and is currently taking things easy.

“It's everyone's summer but me,” Gifford told the outlet. “But it's okay. I'm going to go out to my little farm one of these days and put my feet in my salt pond. The Lord is telling me it's time to slow down. I've been running all my life. The Lord tells me, 'You planted a gazillion roses. Try to smell yourself.”

Gifford described her recovery from hip replacement surgery as “one of the most painful experiences of my entire life,” but admitted she didn't let it get her down and quit “in two days.”

Before the procedure, Gifford noted that her “hips [were] until the end,” doctors recommended surgery because of his busy lifestyle.

Gifford said her surgeon told her, “You climbed mountains, you made movies, you climbed on stages. You never took off your high shoes, you kept walking and that's why you're going through what you're going through.”

On July 16, Gifford released her latest book, Herod and Mary: The True Story of a Tyrant King and Mother of a Risen Saviorafter a series of autobiographical books and children's books released since 2010.

Following an impressive television career that included co-productions Today with Kathie Lee and Hodaagain Live! I'm with Regis and Kathie LeeGifford also appeared in the 2015 television film, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!