UPDATE, with videos: In a teary, pre-taped episode of ABC’s Live With Kelly And Ryan, Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa capped off Seacrest’s final episode with emotional pledges of forever love and mutual appreciation.
And Ripa called Seacrest a blooming onion. Watch Ripa’s tribute above, and Seacrest’s farewell speech below. After explaining that they’d promised one another they wouldn’t cry, the two soon enough broke the promise.
In her final farewell, Ripa said, “From the bottom of my heart and the bottom of all of our hearts, we just want to thank you for being wonderful, for being an original, authentic addition to this show.
You are forever our family. We will never say goodbye to you. We will only say, ‘See you soon.’ I love you.” Ripa also compared Seacrest to “an onion with all these layers.
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