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April 4, 2008: "Kelly Ripa: "I'm So Excited For Kathie Lee Gifford ""
You think there'd be a little professional rivalry between Kelly Ripa and Kathie Lee – but you'd be wrong. In fact, Ripa – Regis Philbin's current cohost – could not be more thrilled for her predecessor, who just landed a co-host gig on the fourth hour of NBC's Today show. "I'm so exited for her," Ripa, 37, gushed to PEOPLE Thursday. "Everybody's like, 'Have you ever met her?' I'm like, met her? I know her intimately! I'm so happy for her." The two women worked together on an episode of Ripa's now-defunct sitcom, Hope & Faith, but Ripa says she was a fan of Gifford, 54, from her early days on Live with Regis & Kathie Lee. "She's very influential in my life," said Ripa, who replaced Gifford on the show in 2001. "I saw her doing it all – a working mom. She had a big impact on me." *** Actress Kelly Ripa picture(s)/pic(s), wallpaper and photo gallery. Birth name: Kelly Maria Ripa. Born: October 2, 1970 Berlin, New Jersey, United States. Other name(s): Regis calls her Pipa on Live! With Regis and Kelly. Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m). Spouse(s): -Mark Consuelos (1996-present). Kelly Ripa biography (bio): Kelly Maria Ripa an American Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress and talk show host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly, alongside Regis Philbin, taking the show's rating to a new high when she replaced previous Live co-host Kathie Lee Gifford. She is also known for her acting on All My Children and Hope & Faith, both television series on ABC. Kelly Ripa was born to a Italian father and a mother of Irish and Italian descent. While attending Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Ripa began acting in high school plays. This led to roles at local theaters and a regular spot on the USA Network's Dance Party USA – an afternoon teen music program. She was then cast as gothic teen turned suffering heroine Hayley Vaughan on the soap opera All My Children. Starting on the show in 1990, the character of Hayley quickly drew a large following. In 1995 her character was paired with Mark Consuelos' character Mateo Santos. A romance blossomed between the castmates, with Ripa and Consuelos eloping in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996. Eventually, they had three children — Michael Joseph Consuelos, born June 2, 1997; Lola Grace Consuelos, born June 16, 2001; and Joaquin Antonio Consuelos, born February 24, 2003. In a mutual decision, the couple left All My Children in December 2002. In September 2003, Ripa was a co-star (with Faith Ford) on her first sitcom, Hope & Faith. She portrayed Faith Fairfield, a former soap star whose character is killed off and who moves in with her sister Hope's family, creating havoc for the family and often antagonizing Hope and her husband, Charlie. Hope & Faith was not renewed for a fourth season in May 2006 after the 2005-2006 season saw a significant decline in ratings. In May 2007, Ripa stated that she most likely is done with acting for the time being. She said she is content to enjoy the light work schedule that Live with Regis and Kelly offers. She did say that she may be more more inclined to return to acting once her youngest son, Joaquin, is old enough to be in school full-time. Kelly's father, Joseph Ripa, is an elected official for Camden County, NJ. Joe Ripa is a union executive who was first elected to the county's governing body, the Board of Chosen Freeholders, in November 2003. Self-parody: On Saturday Night Live skits about Live with Regis and Kelly, the role of Kelly Ripa is played by Amy Poehler. When Ripa hosted SNL in November 2003, in the Live with Regis and Kelly skit, Poehler appeared as Ripa and Ripa as Angelina Jolie. In another skit, Ripa spoofed the ubiquitous hair coloring ads in which she has appeared (in this skit, Ripa prefers Tressant Suprême because a main ingredient is crack cocaine, thus explaining her stereotypical "peppy" persona). In another episode, she had a cameo as herself in a skit about Bangkok, Thailand, with Ben Affleck. She also appeared in an opening skit with Steve Martin as the host, where they have dinner until Martin finds out that Alec Baldwin is about to host the show again (Baldwin was about to tie Martin for the most times hosting a show). In Hope & Faith, sometimes Regis Philbin or others connected with her actual professional life would be brought into an episode. The scripts would lampoon Ripa herself, with jokes that required knowledge of her real-life career, and further the storyline about Faith, her narcissistic character on the show. She has also made fun of herself on Family Guy, voicing herself. In the episode "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1," Peter Griffin found a genie in a beer bottle and his first wish was to see Kelly Ripa behind the scenes. The genie opened a magic window onto Ripa's Live with Regis and Kelly dressing room, showing Ripa ripping off her human face to show an ugly alien face, then going to a tied-up human, ripping his heart out and eating it. Kelly is presently developing an untitled half hour sitcom with her husband for the CW network loosely based on the experience of herself and her husband. It would portray two actors who navigate the behind-the-scenes insanity of the soap opera in which they star. |
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