BFFs eternally. Andy Cohen shared his ideas about Kathie Lee Gifford refusing to learn his longtime pal Kelly Ripa’s memoir — and why the e-book isn’t slandering the late Regis Philbin.
“I feel if Kathie Lee learn the e-book, she would most likely agree with all the things Kelly mentioned,” Cohen, 54, completely informed Us Weekly on Friday, October 14, throughout an interview at BravoCon 2022. “What Kelly did was she informed her expertise and it was all so very reasonable and balanced.”
Ripa, 52, just lately made headlines when she received candid in her new memoir, Reside Wire: Lengthy-Winded Quick Tales, about her relationship together with her late cohost, who died in July 2020 on the age of 88.
Whereas the 2 weren’t shut in actual life — the Riverdale alum known as the concept “a primary false impression” — she additionally revealed there was an influence wrestle that existed between them.
”My title needed to be smaller than Regis’ title on the Reside! title card and branding. A sport of inches, which speaks for itself. However on that we agreed. Seniority, in any case,” Ripa penned in her tales, noting that “seniority” quickly was an “elusive” time period by no means utilized in reference to her expertise.
Gifford, 69, who helmed Reside! With Regis and Kathie Lee for greater than a decade till she exited the present in 2000 (Ripa’s takeover started in 2001) — responded to the previous cleaning soap star’s claims throughout an October 10 interview with Fox 5’s Rosanna Scotto.
“I used to be very sorry to see the headlines,” she mentioned. “, you by no means know what’s true and what’s not true. I went, ‘I hope this isn’t true. I simply hope it isn’t.’ ‘Trigger what’s the purpose? I don’t get it. I don’t get it.”
The Lipstick Jungle alum went on to state that she’s “not gonna learn the e-book” earlier than including, “I do know what Regis was to me.”
She continued, “He was 15 years the most effective accomplice I may ever have professionally. However he was my pal. We have been pricey associates and after I left the present … for the subsequent 20 years we grew to become higher associates. Dearer associates.”
The TV producer additionally hoped that the Who Needs to Be a Millionaire’s widow Pleasure Philbin — and his 4 grown youngsters — wouldn’t need to see Ripa’s feedback.
“Lord, defend Pleasure and the women from this,” Gifford shared on the present. (Regis shared daughter Amy and son Daniel with ex-wife Catherine Faylen and daughters Joanna and J.J. with Pleasure.)
Cohen, for his half, informed Us on Friday that the Right now host “responding to a headline” is what prompted the inital confusion, noting that the drama between the 2 girls is definitely “a lot to do about nothing.”
When requested if the New York native had learn his BFF’s new e-book, Cohen replied, “Sure, I cherished [it]. It was unimaginable.”
With reporting by Diana Cooper
