Kelly Ripa is looking back on her time working with the late Regis Philbin. The actress hosted "Live! With Kelly and Regis" -- now "Live with Kelly and Ryan" -- from 2001-2011 after Philbin had spent decades hosting television.
In a preview from ABC's upcoming special on the late TV icon, Ripa, 49, opened up about working with the legend. "I think my biggest takeaway from the 11 years that I shared with him was that you have to be yourself," the former soap star said. "You cannot be one person on camera and a different person once the light goes off or the audience is gone." She added: "You have to be who you are." Similarly, the Daytime Emmy winner said Philbin's "talent was being himself completely and making everybody else the star of.
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