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Ryan Seacrest Tapped As Kelly Ripa's New Live! Cohost!

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UPDATE 5/1/2017 9:10 A.M. EST: It’s official! Ryan was announced as Kelly’s new cohost during the show this morning!


We should’ve seen this casting coming.
As you may’ve heard, Kelly Ripa is slated to introduce her new Live! cohost today (May 1). And while the pint-sized TV personality has yet to confirm the news herself, CNN reports that her new partner in crime is none other than Ryan Seacrest. Yup, the hosting King is heading to New York in order to fill the big shoes Michael Strahan left behind.
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In case you forgot, last year Strahan announced he would be leaving the morning show so that he could take on a full time position at Good Morning America. Nonetheless, Miz Ripa was in no rush to find Michael’s replacement as she had a slew of A-list guest cohosts for about a year — including Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Jimmy Kimmel, Neil Patrick Harris, Dwyane Wade, and others. We mean, Seacrest was even tapped several times to sit by Ripa’s side while she searched for the right copilot. Well, it looks like the hunt is finally over. Phew!
Thankfully, Ryan has plenty of hosting experience on his resume as he hosted American Idol for years, has his own radio show (On Air with Ryan Seacrest), AND is the face of New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. In fact, we’re kind of surprised that he has time to take on Live!. LOLz!
Regardless, we couldn’t be happier for Ryan and Kelly on their new professional partnership. Squeeee!
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May 01, 2017 08:45am PDT