Bette Midler on family, favorite career feat, new film ‘Fabulous Four’

Bette Midler sits down with TODAY’s Hoda Kotb for a conversation reflecting on her career that spans half a century of wide-ranging music and Oscar-nominated roles. Midler opens up about the emotional note her father left her before his passing, reveals “the greatest thing” she’s ever done and discusses her new comedy film “The Fabulous Four.”
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[@shahartley]

"Big Business" is one of her most underrated films ever, but I've always loved it.

[@AMERASIAN12]

✨✨❤❤

[@jamescarrollau]

So camp, and I love that it's now on Disney+

[@RT-vw6yw]

YES!

[@Wiantjie1989]

"Is that how we dress for the office? You look like a blood clot!" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@patrickboyd5607]

A comedy classic!

[@JaylenPotts-zs2qw]

Bette Midler is very special and relatable

[@alanwilhite7034]

She will never know how much I love her

[@Pakalani03]

Bette Midler is incredible, talented, beautiful, and a really great human being. What a life!

[@MarlaLukofsky7]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Bette Midler. I've been in the entertainment field since i was 16 and when i heard her on a record and then saw her perform in movies and concerts, I was blown away by the level of her talent.

[@Irishgirl7]

She looks fantastic!!

[@imonlytellingthetruth]

@@Irishgirl7 More importantly than looks as we all age, she's beyond a super talent.

[@timreynolds7474]

Hoda is pure goodness and light ❤ Bette is just an absolute legend. I’ll never forget seeing her in Hello Dolly. I had just been through a divorce, the death of my mother and a redundancy - all in 6 months. For my 40th birthday I flew to New York from my home in Ireland and paid $400 to see Bette. An unforgettable night at the Schubert. I’d pay it all again ❤

[@kb74499]

A living legend! Love you Bette! ❤

[@TinaSATX]

I wish this interview was longer. ❤

[@citygirlingraham]

I love Bette Midler…❤

[@johnnolan5579]

Sure she's talented, but above all she's a great person.

[@craftywool]

Bette is one of those who we really need an autobiography from!!! Alongside all the great ladies over 70!!

[@bees.857]

She's written several books....

[@craftywool]

@@bees.857 I am so sorry! I meant an autobiography. Not the one from 1980. 🥴

[@bees.857]

@@craftywool I just found out she wrote a children's book, it's so cute 🥰

[@evelynpasqua6968]

Thank you for interviewing Bette Midler. You both had a fun conversation. Bette looked fabulous and smiled a lot. I really enjoyed her movies and singing. It brought you a lot of joy and remembering her.

[@nicotorio8627]

Just like many millions, I ADORE Bette!!

[@mattbosley3531]

Her and Shelley Long in Outrageous Fortune. Still one of my favorites. Both of them were so funny in that.

[@AMERASIAN12]

❤❤✨✨

[@dsummerfan]

Bette Midler is from my home state of Hawaii. My mother is a year older than her but they were friends at Radford high school back in the early 60s. We love her

[@artie]

No one like Bette! Period! I could catch any movie in the middle and I have to finish it because of Bette. God bless her new path in this crazy business. Simply beautiful inside and out. Still a beauty to be behold.

[@markboyce6950]

Best live performer I have ever seen.

[@davidmurphy8848]

I love her song God is watching us from a distance.Nice interview.

[@maggiaebi8323]

I have always loved Bette! Iconic doesn't cut it. Precious soul!

[@fearsomebeard4290]

Bette Midler, my Goddess! Two of the best moments of my life were seeing her live in her Vegas show and especially as Dolly Levi. Thank you my Goddess!

[@cbutler1968]

Johnny Carson was right about Bette Midler and how she would be a huge success.

[@tarasmithson7030]

I'm Australian and in my mid 50s. Bette was a big influence on me when I was a kid. Of all the films and music she's been a part of, the biggest tear jerker was seeing a video of Bette on the other end of a phone talking to a terminal teen and singing " wind beneath my wings " when asked. It would have been an unseen moment had the family not put it on youtube, and it made me wonder how many times had Bette done that kind of thing in her life and no one even knows about it. As far as women being funny, Carol Burnett, Phyllis Diller, Lily Tomlin, and Bette are definitely my influencers. Strong, funny, bold, independent women. They definitely were a part of shaping me when I was young when I didn't have that kind of guidance in my life.

[@philippapay4352]

She has made me very happy so often with her singing and acting. I am so glad her daughter and husband give her great joy.

[@elizabethmarinas2475]

This is my favorite interview of all time especially with Bette Midler in it she is so funny and very talented

[@su-rv2uq]

She is a legend in our time, both as a performer and as a person, being very active in conservation.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yeah

[@user-dl8ow9kr9n]

She is simply the best.

[@user-iw5wr2sp2u]

ALWAYS...the divine MISS M....❤❤

[@USVIBL]

Bright light of Love, humor, beauty, feelings, THAT VOICE,...love her...and thank you for sharing....you are here to entertain...and perform....thank you YOU DID IT

[@USVIBL]

Beauty inside and out

[@dowzoo]

I love her so much, and I love she's outspoken and she has no fear.

[@SoberOKMoments]

Best complement of my life was when I was told I was a lot like Bette Midler. She - herself - is the best of the best!

[@cindymadore5713]

Have always loved Bet, she is the real deal, humble, sincere, and quite loveable! So glad she is doing a comedy, which she is great doing!❤️

[@TINROOF321]

She is UNFORGETTABLE.

[@davidrobertson5881]

Would love to forget her

[@davidrobertson5881]

@@TINROOF321 Kinda reminds me that Vance worked his way up by pulling up is bootstraps. Kamala worked her way up by putting down her bootstraps. Go Willie go….

[@yourfuneraldirector6432]

Love her.

[@msbelle9960]

Such a very talented woman.. love all her movies❤❤

[@ProfDrSertanKabadayi]

I saw her in Hello Dolly on Broadway. She was just amazing! and I had never seen something like that: when she had her first entrance to the stage, there was a standing ovation for minutes and then the show continued after the applause! She was sooo good and playful in that role!

[@adelaferreira4575]

The Divine Bette Middler ,so happy for her ,she is such a talented artist !

[@ericryanyawl9401]

I teared up through this whole video. Bette is truly an icon.

[@lauragroce3816]

One of my favs since forever!

[@Emnotreal123]

I cry when I watch Bette. Such An impact on me growing up❤

[@lupepeters3255]

I have always loved Bette Midler!!!

[@cynthiasmith4130]

She is a true treasure... I love her.... ❤❤🌹🌹🌹🌹.....

[@Jebbie1976]

I absolutely adore Bette Midler. My favorite BM films are For The Boys, Big Business, First Wives Club, Hocus Pocus, The Rose & of course Beaches. Great singer, phenomenal actress, beautiful in her own quirky way & just a lovely person. Bette Midler can do no wrong.♥

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for a great guest interview with her!! Soo nice!!❤❤❤😅

[@bryanweston6779]

My voice continues to be silent yet you have always given me the courage of alone I am everything without a badge

[@erlindabrunt]

Love, love, love

[@cate4338]

Bette has most certainly, dramatically impacted & impressed sooooo many... brilliant human 🥲

[@patriciahankel911]

Keep the peaks coming !

[@carriefox1146]

I love Bette Midler. She's awesome, just awesome!

[@lisasturniolo4150]

Loved Bette since the very first time I saw her on tv in the 70s.

[@summermontgomery7630]

Loved Beaches ❤❤❤

[@SultrySole]

her little laugh at 2:04, makes me fall in love with Bette all over again

[@ramonamaynard6113]

She’s one of my all time favorites! ❤❤❤

[@lauramoonwoman]

she has been my shero since the 70s! Love Bette! She is Brilliant in everything she does!

[@Felicia-n7u]

Love her haven’t seen you in years. You look so amazing.😊

[@alissoncarvalho2888]

I am from Brazil and I adore Bette Midler! Funny, talented and gentle human being !

[@maryhurst4663]

Saw her show in Las Vegas perhaps 20 years ago. We were on row 6 from stage and I snuck my small camera in, only to have it taken away by an usher who saw me take a quick pic. Show was fabulous and I was so surprised by how petite she is.

[@charlix7523]

2:38 will be quoting this for life 😂

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

Bette Midler was and is one in a million . She had something special about her and she had HEART .

[@nancysmith3400]

🤗BETTE IS THE BEST, LOVE HER SO MUCH!!! Can’t wait to see her new movie !!! 🎉

[@dobby6799]

I am thankful I've been a fan of her talent for 5 generations. I bought my first Bette Milder album in junior high school. I love her completely. Besides her great voice, acting and humor, she is one of a kind. This was a great interview. I think she will be like Betty White. There are a few decades left of being blessed by her talent.

[@libbybertrand9320]

Love Bette❤️

[@lauragroce3816]

I saw her I believe at the Uptown in KC like 1972. She was riveting

[@callen8908]

Unique and wildly talented, and her center of humbleness had her believing she peaked at 34. Nope. Love that Bette Midler exists and is still performing

[@stacyfabiszewski4633]

Bette Midler is Amazing !!!!!! I love her career and her ❤❤❤

[@dolly_llamas_tea]

I literally just came from watching this movie and it was so fun!! I laughed a lot! I hope everyone takes the time to just put out serious lives in the back burner and raise your spirits with this awesome flick.

[@jeanfarrell8017]

I love Bette! Was fortunate to see her live one time

[@voulathomacos-lagonas8445]

The " UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL AND DEVINE BETTE MIDLER " thank you❤❤❤❤❤

[@asteverino8569]

Thanks for everything up to now and things to come. From bath houses to block buster movies, with all that music and song.

[@GothLunaMoth]

I wish I could meet Bette. I would give her the biggest hug

[@enriquetaduarte6862]

Just a BEAUTIFUL lady love her voice.

[@Jim-pt8kk]

She was terrific and in one of the funniest movies of all time down and out in Beverly Hills

[@j9cardstock354]

Beautiful! And I love those dies! Thanks, Jeannine

[@TheVineyarder]

man I am old..because I have loved her for54 years !LOL God LOVE her! I know WE DO!

[@MrDavfit]

yes we know!

[@annel3927]

An is right: one of the best concerts I have EVER been to was Bette Midler in DC. Skits, acting out songs, fabulous music! (No auto tune there), musicians, dancers and audience was fantastic! She was so engaging, such a performer. Love her! ❤❤🎵🎵👑

[@theresaeliasen7061]

I would love to see her in that role and Dolly

[@deanelyjah712]

Terrific Interview Hoda & Bette!!!❤❤

[@Shanaifan1]

I absolutely love Bette Midler thanks to my mother. ❤ Bette is so inspiring and looks divine.

[@Chrismar2174]

She is fabulous!

[@vicb5098]

What a legend! Love her.

[@sandienesta1467]

thank you, bette, for everything! xoxo

[@Liberal_From_Prairies689]

They haven't even started production of Hocus Pocus 3 yet though. When Hocus Pocus 2 came out they said Halloween 2024 but they still just be writing the story. 😔

[@lorrainebaker1029]

I love her and have done so for the last 50 years..God bless Bette for staying so based in her life... That is so humbling ❤❤

[@samueljaramillo4221]

The greatest 👏👏

[@stefaniemesa6655]

Beautiful Bette Midler🥰

[@directorGMedia]

Gotta mention HOCUS POCUS! 🎃

[@montrealkino]

Midler looks fantastic!

[@AshT71494]

Love Bette Midler!

[@justmejenny7986]

I have watched almost all of your movies. A few, several times. And the beloved Hocus Pocus every single year since it came out. Loved the 2nd one and so excited for a 3rd. Beaches and Stella broke me. The Rose is still one of my favorite songs. Absolutely love you.

[@valeriebrutti6825]

Such an amazing entertainer

[@maureenbowerman5300]

What is not to love about Bette Midler. Multi-talented, longevity to the max, old-school values, warm and kind, she is just great. So lovable as a human being, so kind and humane. Can we all learn a lesson here? Y E S 🎉❤😊

[@CClearly0]

Thank you Bette for everything ❤

[@tracyeverts7251]

She’s such a cool person!😊

[@lavenberry]

❤Bette Midler is my favorite entertainer of all time! She is the epitome of entertainment. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bette is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JACK-lx5dl]

I love her

[@kristynjohnson3510]

I love both of those women!!

[@damamae950]

Funny: My late husband was not a big film watcher - but he loved First Wives Club

[@tammyjo4082]

I love her so!🥰🥰😮💫🎊😇💚✌️

[@sl8472]

I love her.

[@Irishgirl7]

Love Bette Midler!!!!