Kelly Ripa says Anderson Cooper is the co-host 'that got away'

Kelly Ripa admits that Anderson Cooper changed into her top pick to update Michael Strahan as her permanent co-host on "stay!," however now she's considering a few other candidates.

The 46-year-old television persona regarded on Wednesday's "Watch What takes place live" with Cooper, and noted the forty nine-yr-old CNN newsman as "the only that got away" when talking approximately him co-website hosting the sunlight hours speak display. "Anderson re-signed with CNN, but he might had been your primary pick out, proper Kelly?" "WWHL" host Andy Cohen asked.

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"he is my life. He really is," Ripa spoke back. "he is the only that got away and continues getting away and receives away all of the time."

it's been six months on the grounds that Strahan left "stay!" to take a complete-time position at "correct Morning america," but Ripa advised Cohen that there may be no rush to announce his replacement. "We in reality failed to set a time body for ourselves, we just wanted to wait till we found the proper person," she explained. "What we didn't expect was that we would have such an outpouring of hobby. Our list got very long in no time. we've got been trying to preserve it as slender as feasible, however then human beings pop up."

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"we have had a extraordinary time," Ripa brought. "i have to say I feel clearly fortunate and honestly embarrassed at our excellent fortune."

imparting more insight into who "live!" is probably taken into consideration for the position, Cohen and Ripa performed a recreation of "Hosty or no longer Hosty," in which she candidly judged capability sidekicks. Ripa authorised of Billy Bush -- who these days left the "today" show -- as a co-host possibility, as well as the Kardashian sisters, Kathie Lee Gifford, Lindsay Lohan, Ramona Singer and even Andy's cherished canine, Wacha.

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"live!" is taped in ny town, however now that Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos, is filming "Pitch" in los angeles, there has been a few hypothesis that the display might relocate. "i've no longer heard that rumor. That seems like a rumor i'd start, however I did no longer hear that rumor and i cannot consider [it would happen]," Ripa stated. "we'd ought to do the show at 6 a.m. and getting guests to return on at nine a.m. can be hard. So, 6 a.m., I think would be out of the question."