"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."
Ryan echoed her sentiments in a connection of his own, noting, "Working alongside Kelly implicit the past six years has been a imagination occupation and 1 of the highlights of my career."
"She has been an astonishing partner, person and confidant," helium continued, "and though we volition ever beryllium a portion of each other's lives, I volition miss our mornings together."
While they were already adjacent earlier the show, Kelly and Ryan's relationship further bloomed in beforehand of their ABC audience's eyes over the past six years. From iconic Halloween costumes to jet-setting enactment trips, the pair's on- and off-screen enslaved has ne'er been successful question.
Some of their champion bits implicit the years included covering peculiar events similar the Super Bowl and the Oscars arsenic good as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding. And the brace proved they were ever down to play dress-up, donning costumes arsenic characters from Stranger Things, The Jetsons and I Dream of Jeannie—and adjacent arsenic each different 1 year!
The American Idol host—who joined the daytime amusement successful 2017 pursuing Michael Strahan's departure—will present beryllium replaced by Kelly's real-life hubby Mark Consuelos.
Take a look backmost astatine Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa's sweetest BFF moments, below: