‘Live’ Kelly Ripa Gives Retirement Update Plans
Live with Kelly and Mark generated a lot of rumors about Kelly Ripa going into retirement, but is she really considering that? Recent sources suggested conflicting ideas about her plans. However, she opened up about it in an interview and revealed why she’s still with the show. Does it even feature in her future? Read on to find out.
Kelly Ripa On ‘Live’ Longer Than Some Fans Existed
Time seems to flash by and it’s hard to imagine that 21-year-olds who watch the show were not even alive when she started in 2001. Quite frankly, rumors about the former All My Children star’s possible retirement seem to have been dragging on for years. Mind you, in reality, it’s only been a few months. Once Ryan Seacrest departed, fans thought the show might wrap. However, it didn’t and Mark Consuelos came in as co-host. Notably, that’s when his wife started going absent from the show.
Kelly Ripa recorded some sessions for the show, which annoyed fans. However, in other segments, stand-in hosts came along. One memorable personality was Anderson Cooper. Actually, non-fans of the show probably wished it could stay that way as Mark and Anderson hosted an entertaining episode. So did Andy Cohen. The bottom line is that there are way too many times that the main host has been absent. No wonder, people speculate that she might opt for retirement. After all, her book keeps her busy enough and she already has an impressive property portfolio.
@Andy was fun,always is. It was great seeing these two buds host the show.Mark's first time out without Kelly was great.Even when both didn't want the caller to win the mug.Kelly has rarely overtalked Mark.
— Cherasny Elijah (@Cherasny3) July 14, 2023
Kelly Ripa Reveals Retirement?
Just a few days ago, a source claimed that there’s no danger of Mark’s wife departing from the Live show any time soon. The claim was that she “loves her job” way too much to move on. Additionally, as she’s been a busy girl, she just needs “a break.” However, what was said in an interview with The Purist, suggests at first, that the source got it wrong. Actually, retirement is very much on her mind.
The outlet cited Kelly Ripa as saying, “I don’t intend to work at this job for the rest of my life. I do talk about retirement with great interest.” Does that mean that soon, she plans on leaving? Maybe not, because she also said, “…right now I’m very happy, especially working with Mark.” That came after she talked about how she sticks with things. Claiming she had other offers, she said, “I like to stick with what I know. I am very steadfast in everything I do, and so when you have me, you have me for life.”
Not A Risk-Taker
Kelly Ripa clearly doesn’t want to take risks as she talked about her own risk aversion. In fact, she’d rather run with the old than try anything new. With all this talk about retirement, it seems that she’ll fence-sit on the Live with Kelly and Mark show for the foreseeable future.
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Mark sure needs to dress up more: suit and tie since Kelly is always in heels.