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Ryan Seacrestis not just a co-host toKelly Ripa— he’s practically family.
Ripa, 52, has opened up about her deep connection with Seacrest, 47, and how it makes their job as co-hosts ofLive with Kelly and Ryanso much easier.
“So we’ve known each other, and we trust each other, and we respect each other,” Ripa continued. “We have a really unique off-camera friendship … which doesn’t happen very often. So we had that going in.”
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“What is unique is that the two of us have, I don’t wanna say a psychic ability, but we have a shorthand,” Ripa said. “We have an ability to read each other in a way where I know where his breaking points are and he knows where mine are. And so when bad things happen we are able to — behind the scenes — connect and say, ‘It’s gonna be OK, I’ll take this one, I got it.'”
She added that hostingLivehas been “an honor to be welcomed into people’s homes for 23 years.”
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Seacrest similarly reflected on how his friendship with Ripa last March, mentioning their “psychic” ability to know what the other is thinking.
“When we look at each other and talk to each other, there’s obviously a tremendous amount of trust and respect, but also we can read each other’s mind,” he said. “And I didn’t know we could do that so well, but that’s true every day.”
In an interview withEntertainment Tonightfrom 2020, the co-hosts gotemotional as they opened upabout their close bond.
“He just brings a joyfulness, an enthusiasm, a professionalism and an authenticity to this place that I’m just so grateful to have here,” Ripa said.
“I’m using every ounce of energy to fight back tears right now while she’s saying that,” Seacrest replied.
source: people.com
