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Ryan Seacrest Talks Oscars Backstage Special & Daytime TV Departure
Distance makes the bosom turn fonder.
That appears to beryllium the lawsuit for Ryan Seacrest now that he's leaving Live With Kelly and Ryan aft six seasons and heading backmost to Los Angeles.
"I'll miss this squad of people," helium exclusively told Carolina Bermudez on the March 9 occurrence of E! News. "We've gotten to cognize each different and go very, precise close. It's a unsocial situation here, wherever galore radical person been present a agelong time. They've raised their kids portion being connected this show."
But portion he's saying goodbye to the ABC daytime speech show, that won't impact his relationship with his co-host Kelly Ripa.
"I'll miss being adjacent to Kelly each azygous day," Ryan shared. "We're highly close, we're precise bully friends, we'll stay bully friends. But there's that hr of communicating with somebody. You go ace excited astir doing it. You laugh, and then, of course, you can't retrieve what you said to each other. So I'll miss that part."
So, what's next? Ryan added, "I'm gonna beryllium backmost successful California a lot, I lived determination for truthful galore years. My beingness is there."
Last month, Ryan shocked viewers erstwhile helium announced his departure from Live, confirming that Kelly's hubby Mark Consuelos will beryllium his replacement. "Working alongside Kelly implicit the past six years has been a imagination occupation and 1 of the highlights of my career," he said successful a statement. "She has been an astonishing partner, person and confidant. And though we volition ever beryllium a portion of each other's lives, I volition miss our mornings together."
But his upcoming last episode won't really beryllium the past you'll spot of him, arsenic helium joked, "[Michael] Gelman tells maine he's gonna person maine backmost to capable successful each present and then."
Until then, the 48-year-old still has plentifulness of clip with Kelly by his broadside acknowledgment to the duo's annual After Oscar Show.
"We'll some beryllium backstage," helium noted. "So, if you ticker a victor connected the main show, they volition past crook the country and you'll spot them disappear—as soon arsenic they disappear, they're with us. We'll get that vigor and emotion from the winners arsenic they inactive astir apt haven't processed it all."
So, who does Ryan deliberation volition beryllium joining him backstage arsenic imaginable winners connected the large night?
"I truly liked Tár," helium offered. "I didn't cognize overmuch astir that world, truthful I thought that was precise absorbing and a beardown movie. I thought the show that Brendan [Fraser] gave successful The Whale was incredible. And past I ever deliberation I'm gonna get the rubric wrong, but Everything Everywhere All astatine Once."
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