Sidestepping the drama. Kelly Ripa has finally responded to Kathie Lee Gifford‘s comments that she has no plans to read Live Wire out of concern that it would include negative stories about their former cohost, Regis Philbin.“It’s really hard to sell a book, right?
And [her comments came during] like, week three of the book [being released],” the Live with Kelly and Ryan cohost, 52, told Amanda Hirsch on the Tuesday, October 18 episode of Dear Media’s “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “I’m not gonna lie, I was not reading any headlines anywhere [at the time].
And suddenly all of these headlines pop up and there’s all of this attention on my book. I am a person that tends to take a negative and turn it into a positive, so my ultimate comment [to her] is, ‘Thank you.'”Ripa added that she thinks “people that read the book” will have a “completely” different take on the chapters that mention the late morning show host, who died in July 2020 at the age of 88.“You know, if you read it, if you do the deep dive, I take his side in most of the chapter,” the former soap star continued. “I’m, like, on his side because … at the time, I had no awareness that this was not a choice for him [to have a new cohost].
I wasn’t a choice for him.”Ultimately, Ripa thinks it’s “ironic” that the chapter of Live Wire that is gaining the most attention is actually one where she reflects on whether it’s worth it to correct the record of her relationship with Philbin. “This entire chapter is about correcting the record in real-time,” she explained. “Do you do it?
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