Few talk show hosts are as iconic as the duo. Kelly Ripa and second half Regis Philbin.
But despite how effortless her onscreen chemistry seemed, Ripa, now 51, revealed Living with Regis and Kelly It wasn’t easy.
while talking about her new book Live Wire: Feature-Length Short Stories, she said people, “I had good days and bad days” It refers to her ten-year tenure of co-hosting a morning talk show with Philbin.
Ripa explained that she had a hard time getting along with her co-hosts at first. .
“I don’t want people to think I’m blaming anyone or being disrespectful, but I want people to know that it wasn’t easy. That’s where I got my place and what I was given on a daily basis. It took me years to earn a ” to a man I worked with. Including the office and where I put my computer.
Lipa continues:
Talk show host Regis Philbin and new co-host Kelly Ripa address the audience during the broadcast of “Live with Regis and Kelly” in New York City on February 5, 2001. Known for her role in ABC’s soap opera All My Children, Ripa will replace Cassie Lee Her Gifford, who left the show in July 2000.
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rear Kathie Lee Gifford After leaving the show, Lipa co-hosted several episodes as a special guest star. After countless comments, Ripa finally accepted the offer, but with the caveat: Boss. ”
“It was very ominous and it didn’t feel good,” she told the outlet.
Lipa eventually joined the production full-time in 2001, which she later took over after Philbin retired in 2011. Ryan Seacrest.
But first impressions are everything, and the show certainly left Ripa with a tricky one.
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She later told an interviewer that her agent didn’t want the show to “bring an entourage” on her, so she only brought two on her first day on set as a permanent co-host. Told.
“I came in with hair and makeup,” she recalled.
But before she took the stage, Philbin greeted her and the show’s executive producers. Michael Gelmanand: “Hmm, German, it has an entourage.”
“I felt terrible,” she admitted. “He was probably trying to be funny, but at the same time, it felt like it was piling up. So I didn’t think I should pass up the opportunity. I don’t think it was fair to him, but it wasn’t fair to me either.
Lipa also admitted that despite a difficult start as colleagues, she enjoyed spending time with Philbin outside the studio.
“Off camera and outside of that building, it was something else,” she revealed. He came to a dinner I hosted, one of my favorite nights of my life, and I’ve never laughed so much.”
Lipa had no feelings about their past. She credits him with teaching her everything she knew about the business, and she still considers Philbin “the best storyteller in the world.”
“If I could be a tenth, I would be happy,” she admitted. .”
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