Kelly Ripa is thankful for her time with Regis Philbin. In a preview clip of ABC News' special about Philbin's life, airing Tuesday, his 49-year-old former co-host reveals the biggest thing the late TV personality taught her during their time hosting from 2001 to 2011.
Philbin died earlier this month at age 88 of natural causes. «What I think my biggest takeaway from the 11 years that I shared with him was that you have to be yourself,» Ripa says. «You cannot be one person on camera and a different person once the light goes off or the audience is gone.
You have to be who you are.»In the sneak peek clip, Ripa recalls thinking, «That's gotta be a mistake. That can't be right,» after hearing of Philbin's death.«There was a moment where I had.
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