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Kelly Ripa & Ryan Seacrest Spoof House of the Dragon
Ryan Seacrest is stepping distant from his on-air daytime chair.
After six seasons of co-hosting Live with Kelly and Ryan alongside Kelly Ripa, the 48-year-old announced connected Feb. 16 that helium is leaving the daytime speech show, calling it a "hard decision" and 1 that was "bittersweet."
As for who volition measurement successful to regenerate the American Idol emcee? Kelly's caller co-host is idiosyncratic precise adjacent to home: Her hubby of 26 years, Mark Consuelos—which means the amusement volition aptly beryllium renamed Live With Kelly and Mark successful the future.
"Working alongside Kelly implicit the past six years has been a imagination occupation and 1 of the highlights of my career," Ryan said successful a connection of his co-host, who has hosted the amusement since 2001. "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."
Noting that he's "made memories to past a lifetime" with the full unit and crew, Ryan added, "it's been a memorable thrust and present I'm excited to walk the baton to Kelly's ‘real' husband, Mark."
But he's not lone the 1 affectional astir his departure.
"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 shared successful a statement. "Ryan's energy, passionateness and emotion for amusement is one-of-a-kind."
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As for what Ryan has successful store next? The multihyphenate volition pitchy backmost implicit to the West Coast to proceed his American Idol hosting duties, including preparing for their upcoming unrecorded successful Los Angeles.
However, viewers shouldn't beryllium excessively amazed if Ryan makes a surprise Live quality successful the future, since the doorway remains open.
"Goodbyes are ne'er easy, but we look guardant to welcoming Ryan backmost regularly with unfastened arms," the show's enforcement producer, Michael Gelman, said successful a statement. "As a fan-favorite impermanent big for years, Mark is nary alien to the ‘Live' family. Having him articulation the amusement is truthful peculiar for america and we're definite that viewers volition consciousness the same."
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