Friday 30 September 2022 08:50 AM Kelly Ripa reveals chapters about late co-host Regis Philbin in new book were ... trends now

Kelly Ripa revealed that the chapters about her late co-host Regis Philbin in her new book Live Wire were the 'hardest' to write while promoting it Thursday on a talk show.

The 51-year-old daytime talk show host, while wearing a short black-and=white polka dot dress, discussed Regis, who died at age 88 in 2020, while appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Bravo. 

Andy, 54, said he was blown away over details in the book about her contract restrictions when she first joined the live morning show with then host Regis in 2001.

'You couldn't bring your own hair and make up team, ' Andy said. There was no budget for wardrobe. No paid maternity leave. No office for you.'

Kelly said those things changed for her incrementally.

'I didn't have maternity leave at 'All My Children' either,' she said referencing her former soap opera. 'This was just a sign of the times. The other things were more sort of alarming because those were sort of basic and were treated as these special privileges.'

Andy said he was glad how she also cleared up in the book the controversy surrounding Regis and how he said he was never invited back to the show after he left.

'You became a real target,' Andy said.

'I still am,' Kelly said. 'I wish I had set the record straight in real time. I really trusted the people around me…People keep telling me to take the high road.'

Kelly said she still gets accused of people for trashing Regis when she did the exact opposite.

'I painstakingly wrote every single word of this book and it was hard and those chapters were the hardest,' Kelly said. 'As women, we are often told, take the high road and that's women speak for ''shut the f*** up''.'

Andy showed Kelly photos of her old looks and she stood by them.

He then played a game with her called 'Have! You Schtupped There?' Kelly admitted in

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