A candid approach. Kelly RipaIn her new book, she didn’t hold back on her professional or personal life. Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories.
The memoir was published on Tuesday, September 27th. Before that, the actress spoke out about the difficulties of joining a live talkshow. “I want people to understand that joining Live, from my perspective, was a terrifying venture. It was entering into a work environment that I did not understand,” she told Haute LivingThat was the same month. “I think had I gone in there now, I would have been fully equipped to handle it, but back then, I was not equipped in any sense of the word. And therefore, I did not protect myself the way I probably should have.”
The former soap star continued: “It was a different time, back then. It was a tabloid, journalistic, free-for-all, and there were systems in place there for a long time at the talk show that were not necessarily there to protect me.”
Ripa claims that her relationship to Regis Philbin, her former cohost on The Comedy Hour, was fraught with ups and lows. After almost a decade of working together, the comedian decided it was time to part ways. Live2011. In 2011.
“The reality is that I would have traded places with him in a second. I was scared to death, and suddenly responsible for keeping our very popular show on the air, all by myself,” she wrote in her memoir. “In the years following his departure, Regis was invited back on the show many times, but always declined. So it was a genuine thrill and surprise when he finally relented and agreed to be on our annual Halloween show.”
The pair were seemingly not able to work out their differences ahead of the Connecticut native’s death in 2020. Ripa wrote about Philbin’s memory in her book.
“It’s easy in a job like ours to lose sight of the things that are important. Sometimes, I do. But the reality is I had a lot of fun over the years at my day job,” she shared. “I got to sit next to one of the greatest storytellers of all time. Regis was a great friend and I enjoyed our time together over the past decade. He was a better storyteller in person. I think he would have said the same.”
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short StoriesIt is now available. Scroll down to discover the most shocking revelations.
