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There’s a caller co-host shakeup astatine Live with Kelly & Ryan. Ryan Seacrest revealed during the February 16 occurrence of the daytime speech amusement that helium volition beryllium stepping down arsenic Kelly Ripa’s co-host aft 6 seasons.
“Working alongside Kelly implicit the past six years has been a imagination occupation and 1 of the highlights of my career,” Ryan said. “She has been an astonishing partner, friend, and confidant, and though we volition ever beryllium a portion of each other’s lives, I volition miss our mornings together. I besides privation to convey Michael Gelman and the full unit and unit – we’ve made memories to past a lifetime, met immoderate of the astir unthinkable people, and had the warmest invited into the homes of truthful galore viewers crossed America. It’s been a memorable thrust and present I’m excited to walk the baton to Kelly’s ‘real’ husband, Mark.”
Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa person been ‘Live’ co-hosts since 2016. (ABC)Ryan plans to caput backmost to the westbound seashore wherever helium volition proceed to big American Idol. Ryan volition modulation retired of being the main co-host this outpouring arsenic the Idol unrecorded shows get underway. However, Ryan said that helium volition beryllium backmost to impermanent big and capable successful erstwhile helium can.
The American Idol big joined Kelly arsenic a co-host successful 2016. He initially signed connected for 3 years and alternatively up staying for 6 years. “I’m truthful grateful to person spent the past six years beside my beloved person of excessively galore decades to number and volition miss starting my days with Ryan,” Kelly said. “Ryan’s energy, passion, and emotion for amusement is one-of-a-kind.”
Ryan’s hosting days are acold from over, though. He’s backmost arsenic the big for American Idol play 21, which premieres connected February 19. Over the past respective seasons, Ryan had a grueling docket filming Live with Kelly & Ryan and flying to Los Angeles to movie the Idol unrecorded shows week aft week. He besides hosts Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve each year.
Kelly’s hubby of 27 years, Mark Consuelos, is joining the amusement full-time arsenic her co-host. The amusement volition beryllium retitled Live with Kelly & Mark. When Ryan was out, the Riverdale alum would often service arsenic Kelly’s co-host. The mates met and fell successful emotion connected the acceptable of All My Children successful the 1990s. They person three children together: Michael, Lola, and Joaquin.
Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa during their Valentine’s Day episode. (ABC)Kelly has been a mainstay connected daytime tv since 2001 erstwhile she joined Live arsenic Regis Philbin’s caller co-host. After Regis’ departure, Michael Strahan joined the amusement arsenic a co-host successful 2012. He was Kelly’s Live co-host for 4 seasons until 2016. Following his exit, Ryan joined the show.
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