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| | Kelly Ripa promises to return to Live Tuesday, is expected to host with Michael | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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There’s still so much drama and press leaks surrounding Kelly Ripa’s abrupt departure from Live after learning that her co-host, Michael Strahan, would be leaving to join Good Morning America in September. Given the sheer number of stories about this, I get the impression that Kelly has the press on speed dial and is giving them quotes as she tries to figure out how she’s going to handle things. For instance Friday right before 1:00 EST, People published a story that Kelly would return to Live but that she didn’t think she could deal with continuing to host with Michael. I guess that’s fair enough, Michael didn’t tell her that he was leaving until right before he made the announcement and she felt hurt by that. I think she should be upset at the network executives, but I get it. A source told People “I don’t believe that co-hosting together is a viable option anymore.”
Then, at about 11pm Friday night, People published another story claiming that Kelly had emailed the entire staff of Live and promised she would come back this Tuesday. You may remember that Kelly was scheduled to be on vacation on Friday and Monday but that she took sick days on Wednesday and Thursday after being “blindsided” by Michael’s announcement. Well now she’s fine co-hosting with Michael. I wonder how she changed her mind. TMZ reported earlier Friday that the crew of Live was “furious” that Kelly was jeopardizing their jobs. Here’s People’s announcement.
Kelly Ripa has said she will be returning to co-host Live! With Kelly and Michael! alongside Michael Strahan PEOPLE has learned exclusively.
“They’re both expected to be there Tuesday,” a source says.
PEOPLE has learned exclusively that Kelly sent an email to her staff late Friday night saying: “Sorry for this late Friday night email. I wanted to thank you all for giving me the time to process this new information. Your kindness, support, and love has overwhelmed me. We are a family and I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday morning. Love, Kelly.”
[From People]
TMZ has the background on Kelly’s change of heart. They say that Kelly was in talks with executives who promised her the show wasn’t being canceled. Their source also claims that Kelly wants Michael to leave before September. So it looks like Kelly’s press leaks may have been a strategic move to show that she wasn’t taking this lightly. I don’t know if it was the “right” way to handle it, but we have to see how this plays out. I do think she was treated poorly and that she took some time to think about it. TMZ also claims that Kelly and Michael haven’t gotten along for at least two years.
A source close to Strahan tells People that he’s looking forward to Kelly coming back, that he’s relieved and that “He got why she was mad but it was out of his control.” Whatever is going on, the ratings for this show are about to go through the roof. I know I’ll be watching Tuesday.
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| | Kelly Ripa 'livid' Michael Strahan left without telling her, she hasn't returned | | Added 8 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Michael Strahan has co-hosted Live! with Kelly Ripa for nearly four years now. Kelly has been on the show for fifteen, since Kathy Lee Gifford left and she co-hosted with Regis Philbin, who retired in 2011. (He’s still kicking at 84, I just checked.) So you would think that Kelly would be one of the first people to learn that her longterm co-host was leaving the show to join Good Morning America. According to outlets including TMZ, E!, and People that wasn’t the case and Ripa found out via a memo to the entire network like everyone else. No one at her workplace, not even Strahan, gave her a heads up and she was understandably “livid.” According to E! Strahan couldn’t tell Ripa because network execs told him not to.
About an hour after LIVE! With Kelly and Michael aired Tuesday, an internal memo at ABC revealed he would be leaving the show by summer’s end to work on Good Morning America full-time. His co-host, Kelly Ripa, did not receive a heads up. In fact, E! News has learned that executives broke the news to her just after the show finished taping?around the same time everyone else first heard about it. “She was livid,” a source says exclusively. “It wasn’t pretty.”
Strahan joined Ripa and others in the meeting. “He wanted to be there. He didn’t have to be, but he didn’t want to have her hear it and not be there,” the source says. “He tried to do the stand up thing.” Strahan, who replaced Regis Philbin in 2012, has been a correspondent on ABC’s Good Morning America since 2014. When executives decided to move him to the news show full-time, they intentionally kept Ripa and others key staff members in the dark to prevent leaks. “That was a network decision,” the source says, adding that it was a carefully executed plan. “It wasn’t an overnight decision and took some time to put it in place.”
Strahan didn’t have a say in the matter.
“He’s not the boss,” the source tells E! News. “He is an employee of the network.”
[From E! Online]
That’s a weak excuse that network execs they were worried about leaks. They could have at least told Kelly, that would have only been fair. People confirms E!’s version of events and adds that Kelly “went crazy.”
TMZ is reporting that while it’s true that Strahan was under orders not to tell Ripa, “Kelly and Michael don’t get along” and Ripa feels like “he’s disrespectful to her and is full of himself.” In an earlier story, TMZ revealed that ABC is considering canceling Live and adding a third hour to Good Morning America, which is facing stiff competition from The Today Show.
Ripa did not host Live! on Wednesday and was replaced by Ana Gasteyer. Sources tell US Magazine that Ripa took a sick day. Strahan had some nice things to say about her, and about his time on Live, at the end of the show, but who knows if he’s paying lip service.
People has a source close to Strahan who says that “He very much wanted to do the right thing” by telling “her in person and [giving] her months notice” but that he couldn’t. Strahan is said to be “hurt by her reaction” and “the very public way she’s handling this.” Their source added “You can’t not show up for work. If you’re going to have a meltdown you don’t do it publicly.” It’s not public! Kelly didn’t show up for work. She didn’t tweet or Instagram anything. She may have gotten mad at work but she didn’t make her response public, she just took time off, as is her right.
It looks like this show is about to get canceled and like they put off telling Ripa until it was absolutely necessary. People is reporting that it’s unknown when Kelly will return to the show. A source tells them that Kelly plans to stay out this entire week. Additional stories have come out stating that Kelly is on a 20th anniversary vacation with her family and husband, Mark Consuelos, in Turks and Caicos. Apparently the trip was planned already and she was supposed to be out on Friday and Monday, but left early when she was blindsided by the news of Strahan leaving the show.
photos credit: WENN.com
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| | Kelly Ripa raves about Botox again: 'It's cut my getting ready time in half' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I’ve been a Kelly Ripa fan for a long time, but I’m still a little irritated at her for assuring James Franco that everyone hits on teenagers online. I’ll try to put that aside for this discussion of Botox, which is everywhere all the time. My dentist sends out email invites to his little Botox parties. His staff serves mimosas and inject that toxin like it’s something fun to do. It kinda creeps me out, and I will never RSVP for that mess.
Kelly has spoken before about her adoration for Botox. In 2012, she admitted to erasing her frown lines with a touch of Botox every seven months. Last year, she admitted to injecting it in her pits to keep from sweating too much. That makes sense for a television career, but it doesn’t sound healthy. We sweat for a reason. Does the sweat simply come out of other parts of the body if you disable your armit sweat glands? Kelly’s still talking about the ‘tox. She told Andy Cohen that Botox has transformed her life. For real:
Her must-have beauty product: “Botox. And that’s pretty much it. Botox has changed my life. It’s cut my getting ready time in half. Because suddenly my eyelids are no longer resting on my eyelashes!”
[From Bravo's Watch What Happens Live]
Kelly did look cute during her chat with Andy Cohen. She was on the show with Anderson Cooper, and they played the “who’s the mystery caller?” game. You can see a video clip here. It only took the Coop a few seconds to realize Cher was on the phone. Of course.
Kelly’s Botox logic makes sense, right? Kelly doesn’t apply as much makeup as she otherwise would because the Botox is working its magic around her eyes. I think she probably gets it in several other places too. She’s looking a little frozen lately. Her hubby, Mark Consuelos, looks so permanently young that he probably gets injections as well.
Photos courtesy of WENN
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| | Kelly Ripa: Ripped South of the Border | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Taking a break from her busy morning show schedule, Kelly Ripa headed to Los Cabos, Mexico for a little R&R on Saturday (January 18).
Showing off her toned and trim bod, the "Live! with Kelly and Michael" host wore a teeny green bikini as she and hubby Mark Consuelos helped celebrate Matt Bomer's boyfriend Simon Hall's birthday.
Recently, the 42-year-old star and her co-host joined in on a new internet trend called "Riccing" after Christina Ricci appeared on the show earlier this week.
Poking fun at the actress's photos of herself squeezing into a refrigerator and dryer, the pair decided to try it out themselves.
Squeezing under her vanity, Ms. Ripa wrote, "Kelly fits in tiny places! #Riccing under her desk. Christina Ricci." Meanwhile, the former NFL star did his best by lifting a coffee table over his head with the caption, "Look who else fits in tiny places!! Lol Michael #Riccing under a table. #ChristinaRicci."
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| | Kelly Ripa Shows Off Her Eight Pack | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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If there’s at least one thing about Kelly Ripa everyone has to like, it’s her commitment to fitness. Seriously. This chick is 43 and she just posted a photo of her ripped abs on Twitter and thanked her trainer Anna Kaiser. Kaiser also works with Sarah Jessica Parker and Shakira.
Thank you @AKTINMOTION and @TheKaiserTweet for letting me lean on you.
I just looked in the mirror and dropped my ice cream sandwich in disgust. Then I picked it back up and started eating it again. 5 second rule, dude.
The post Kelly Ripa Shows Off Her Eight Pack appeared first on The Blemish.
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| | Kelly Ripa Takes The Kiddos Trick Or Treating! | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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She?s always been a doting mother, and last night (October 31) Kelly Ripa made sure her kids had a fabulous Halloween experience.
The ?Live with Kelly and Michael? starlet got all done up in a NASA spacesuit costume and escorted Lola and Joaquin around SoHo while shutterbugs looked on.
Earlier in the day, Ripa and her cohost Michael Strahan went through a variety of Halloween disguises to keep their fans thoroughly entertained.
From Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke, and Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn, the daytime duo certainly outdid themselves.
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| | Kelly Ripa Getting Down On A Cookie | | Added 11 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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I don’t do a ton of posts on Kelly Ripa, but she definitely got my attention with these shots while filming her dumb morning show. I don’t really know why I find this erotic — well actually I do, but this is a family friendly site. So let’s just say that these pictures are part
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| | Kelly Ripa says 'it's fine to fight sometimes' in marriage: 'I really do worship Mark' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kelly Ripa is talking about her marriage again – nooo. I do like Kelly a lot and thought she was a good replacement after Kathie Lee left “Live!” all those years ago. Remember how Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford used to talk about their marriage all the time, and they even made a silly instructional video series about how to stay strong as a couple? Then in 1997, Frank got caught on videotape while nailing a flight attendant. Somehow they weathered that storm together, but it just goes to show that bragging about one’s marriage (in a very extreme way in this case) can often lead to embarrassment.
In her own way, Kelly has done her fair share of talking up her own marriage to Mark Consuelos. While she’s never done what Kathie Lee did and handed out guidelines that everyone should follow, there’s still some of that bubbling under the surface. As in Kelly discussed how she loves to serve Mark breakfast in bed because it makes him (not her) happy, and Mark has admitted that he’d be perfectly happy living in the 1950s because Kelly conforms to that era quite well in their marriage. Now Kelly is upping the ante by openly admitting that she “worships” Mark, but she’s also discussing what they fight about too. She even talked to People about it. Really:
After nearly 17 years of happy marriage to Mark Consuelos, one thing can still really set off Kelly Ripa.
“I am openly hostile when Mark leaves the toilet seat up,” Ripa, 42, told PEOPLE Tuesday at a private dinner in New York to honor her pal, Bravo star Andy Cohen, and his partnership with the retail site Gilt Man. “I don’t think you get past the little pet peeves.”
“Mark never puts the toilet seat back down, and it irritates me,” she continued. “We still fight about it. But it’s OK to fight about things. We’re secure with each other. I don’t feel like if we have an argument, it will be the end of our lives.”
Although the Live! With Kelly and Michael host would prefer her husband, 42, to kick his habit, “I really do worship Mark,” she said. “I love everything about him, even his annoying habits.”
“He is the person I was meant to be with forever, and I think he feels the same way,” Ripa said. “We really do have quite an allegiance to one another. No matter what, we support each other in everything we do.”
[From People]
Here’s the thing (and I am by no means an expert on marriage, but I don’t think anyone is) — I really feel that differences over “annoying habits” are okay to occasionally fuss over or even just ignore. Fights will happen, and you can’t stop them all. Obviously, larger issues and differences matter much more that little ones like the toilet seat, and everyone has a threshold of bullsh-t that they are willing to tolerate from a spouse. Once you start to really focus on the little stuff though, things will probably fall apart. Like, you can’t micromanage a marriage without breeding resentment.
As for Kelly and Mark, I think they’re fine. She’s happy bringing home millions while still running herself into the ground at home trying to be a perfect 1950s housewife at the same time, and he’s cool with that too. All the same, I don’t understand why anyone would brag about their marriage (like Kelly keeps doing) in a public venue if they’re not trying to prove something to themselves in the process. Facebook friends, I’m looking at you.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN
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| | Kelly Ripa's hubby, Mark Consuelos: 'If I were in the 1950s, I?d be perfectly happy' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kelly Ripa is featured in the February issue of Elle (the one with Claire Danes on the cover) to promote (I guess) her long-running gig on “Live!” Can you believe she’s been co-hosting the show for twelve years now? I still remember when she replaced Kathie Lee Gifford; this was back when Kelly was a cute little brunette, and she soon went blonde, but she looks equally pretty either way.
In the interview, Kelly continues to discuss her enduring love of Botox, and she admits that she even gets injections in her armpits to prevent sweating at the gym. I feel like I’ve heard of this practice before, but it seems so strange — don’t people need to sweat to release toxins and cool the body to prevent overheating? I suppose it really doesn’t matter if the rest of one’s body is allowed to sweat, but it’s still weird, right? Kelly also talks about her ultra-traditional relationship with her husband, Mark Consuelos. We’ve previously heard about how Kelly loves to serve Mark breakfast in bed because that’s what he wants, and now Kelly and Mark are talking even more about their “1950s” lifestyle. Here are some excerpts:
She feels like a dork: “No matter how much I try to cool myself up, I?m really dorky. I think that?s why people get me. I look at you, and you remind me of Jemima Kirke. You came in and you were so effortless, with your black jeans and your black blazer and your turtleneck on and your hair was just, like, perfect, and I know–I know–you didn?t have to do anything to get your hair that way, whereas I would have styled my hair for 17 hours and it would still look very much like a Westminster show-dog. No matter how much I try to cool myself up, it?s never going to happen for me. But, like, am I dying to be cool? Yes, I?m dying to be.”
She doesn’t just Botox her face: The spin class is punishing, but Ripa seems to outperform the twentysomethings manically pedaling around her and emerges looking almost like she did when she arrived. “It?s the Botox,” she says, adding that she sometimes gets it in her armpits to avoid sweating. Ripa hasn?t had plastic surgery, but she’s open about the occasional injection. “Every seven months or so my eyelid skin rests on my eyelashes. So I feel like it makes my makeup artist?s life easier, and it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.”
She wants to write too: “I?ve never really planned my career, and it?s led me to where I am now. I also enjoy writing, but will it lead to anything? I don?t know. I?m probably not very good, but lack of talent hasn?t stopped me before.
How she feels about Mark: “I was drawn to Mark because he was positively an alpha male, and I didn?t think I would be drawn to that. But I just worship him. He makes me feel very safe. I actually call [Mark] Desi, because the thing about Desi was that as much attention as Lucy got, Desi was always in charge.”
How Mark feels about Kelly: “We?re superpartners in crime, my wife and I, but I think we?re pretty…we?re pretty…”–and here, he gives up–”Okay, fine. If I were back in the 1950s, I?d be perfectly happy.”
[From Elle]
Exactly what does that mean when Mark says he’d be very pleased in the 1950s with Kelly as his wife? I am assuming that he’s referring to the aforementioned breakfast in bed and being waited on hand and foot, but that seems so unusual when Kelly surely makes more money than he does. Does she rush from work to the gym (for a several hour workout) and then rush home to have enough time to cut the strings on the pot roast as soon as Mark walks through the door? How exhausting to live as if one must really do everything in life.
Incidentally, Kelly and Mark have just put their two-story NYC penthouse on the market for $24,500,000. The Real Estalker has photos, and the place is absolutely gorgeous with five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and two kitchens. I wonder why they could possibly be selling an amazing home like that one.
Here’s some photos of Kelly with Michael Strahan and Kelly Ripa at Kids’ Night On Broadway on 1/9. She’s looking a little bit tweaked, sure, but I’m more concerned about her undereye-concealer problem.
Photos courtesy of Elle and WENN
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| | Kelly Ripa Is A Hot Xtina And Nicki Minaj | | Added 12 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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Just when I thought we were done with Halloween, here’s Kelly Ripa all dressed up for Live’s Annual Halloween Party. Not that I’m complaining, seeing as how Kelly looks better as Christina Aguilera than Christina’s looked in years. I’m not as impressed by her Nicki Minaj costume though. She’s missing the most crucial part: Nicki’s
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