Ryan Seacrest has no dangerous blood for his former cohost. After leaving Dwell two years in the past, the American Idol host opened up about the place he stands with Kelly Ripa.
“I like that present,” Seacrest advised E! Information after the American Idol’s Prime 14 broadcast on April 28. “I had a blast doing it. Kelly and I are nonetheless the closest mates, Mark [Consuelos] too.” Consuelos is Ripa’s husband, who took over internet hosting duties for Ryan Seacrest when he left Dwell in 2023. The present was rebranded to Dwell With Kelly And Mark. Earlier than Consuelos and Seacrest, Kelly hosted with Regis Philbin and Michael Strahan.
He shared that the couple invited him to seem on the speak present “in a few weeks.” “So, I can be there. The trifecta, we’ll be on the set. I can’t wait to see them,” he stated.
Seacrest held the function of Dwell cohost for six years with Ripa. He introduced his departure in February 2023 and his final Dwell present was on April 14. Earlier than his departure, the Wheel of Fortune host admitted that leaving Ripa can be the toughest a part of quitting the speak present.
“I’ll miss being subsequent to Kelly each single day,” he advised the publication in 2023. “We’re extraordinarily shut, we’re excellent mates, we’ll stay good mates. However there’s that hour of speaking with anyone. You develop into tremendous enthusiastic about doing it. You snort, after which, in fact, you may’t bear in mind what you stated to one another. So, I’ll miss that half.”
The speak present movies in New York. With Ryan Seacrest filming Idol in Los Angeles, in addition to his radio present, the touring was an excessive amount of. He shared in his goodbye publish that he was solely speculated to host the present for 3 years, however he cherished it a lot that he stayed for six.
“I’m going to overlook my work spouse and all of the laughter we share,” Seacrest wrote.
“Once I signed on to host Dwell in 2017 it was meant to be for 3 years, however I cherished the job and dealing with Kelly a lot that I prolonged my time and final yr I made the choice to remain on for yet another closing season.”
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