Ryan Seacrest Talks Oscars Backstage Special & Daytime TV Departure

The amusement indispensable spell on.

When Ryan Seacrest departs Live with Kelly and Ryan connected April 14, helium tin expect a batch of the unexpected. At least, that is according to co-host Kelly Ripa.

"We person a batch of surprises," Kelly exclusively told E! News' Carolina Bermudez connected the reddish carpet for Lifetime and Variety's Power of Women 2023 event. "We initially thought that we would bash 7 days of roasting Ryan, but we're not going to wholly roast him. I can't archer you, but we person large surprises."

But does she person a crippled program for hubby Mark Consuelos erstwhile helium takes implicit arsenic co-host connected April 17?

"The quality of our amusement is that that is not the assignment," Kelly explained successful her interrogation airing contiguous astatine 11 p.m. connected E! News. "The duty is you don't truly sermon what you're going to speech about. You find each different 30 seconds earlier the amusement starts, you spell retired determination and you enactment connected a show."

"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," she shared successful a statement. "Ryan's energy, passionateness and emotion for amusement is one-of-a-kind."

However, this apt won't beryllium Ryan's last time connected Live if creator Michael Gelman gets his way. As Ryan told E! News successful March, "Gelman tells maine he's gonna person maine backmost to capable successful each present and then."

See however Live with Kelly and Ryan sends Ryan Seacrest off, each week starring up to April 14 connected ABC.