Ryan Seacrest breaks down crying on air while chatting with new host Mark Consuelos
nypost.comreports Entertainment Weekly. It was announced Thursday that Seacrest, 48, would leave the daytime talk show after six years and focus on hosting the singing show “American Idol. “This is something that [Kelly] and I have been talking about for a long time, and it was a tough, tough decision,” Seacrest stated. “Last year we spoke, and I made the decision to make this my last season as co-host.”Seacrest said that he wouldn’t be gone from the show forever and that he would appear as a special guest host from time to time.
It was later revealed that Ripa’s husband Mark Consuelos would take over the vacant spot.The “All My Children” star appeared on the show Friday to pay tribute to Seacrest. “I do want to say, you’re a brother to me, you’re a family member to me.
I’ve become so close with both of you,” Seacrest told Consuelos, 51. “The three of us sat — before I moved out here — and had real conversations about doing this for a few years.
It ended up being longer than I thought, and I couldn’t be happier to see you come in and be next to your wife, who we both know is the most amazing human being on the planet.”Consuelos echoed the sentiment saying that he was glad the “American Idol” host had become a part of the family. “I couldn’t think of a better person to sit next to my wife for the past six years,” gushed Consuelos. “You’re a true friend.
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