‘Live’ Host Kelly Ripa Breaks Silence on Kathie Lee Giffords Criticism of Her New Book

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Kelly Ripa is looking on the bright side and giving her thanks.

On October 18, the daytime TV talk show host stopped by Dear Media’s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast to chat about her new memoir Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories. That included addressing the buzz surrounding her comments on late co-host Regis Philbin, namely Kathie Lee Gifford’s reaction.

Around the interview’s 55-minute mark, the podcast host asked the Generation Gap star about Kathie Lee’s latest comments in the press to which she admitted not seeing the interview. Still, it sparked an inner conflict for Kelly as she weighed addressing the attention.

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“I tend to not go into deep dives about things I can’t comment on because I haven’t seen them,” she said on the audio show. “And then I write this entire chapter, [which] is about correcting the record in real-time. Do you do it? Should one do it?”

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Kelly continued: “The comments I’ve gotten about those chapters have been overwhelmingly positive and the people who read the book took away a lot of positivity from it. It is ironic that it is that chapter where I talk about, ‘What do I do in these situations?’ Do I advance a media narrative with clickbait and all of that stuff?

The criticism in question comes from Kelly’s comments on the pair’s former co-host Regis. During an interview with People, she opened up about the good and bad days working with him. Reacting to the chapter, Kathie Lee revealed on Good Day New York that she hoped it wasn’t true, yet she wasn’t going to read the book.

When asked if she thought Kathie Lee would change her mind if she read it, Kelly said, “I think anybody that reads the book will have a completely different take.”

Still, it seems like the Live With Kelly and Ryan host isn’t taking it to heart. “It’s really hard to sell a book, right? And this is like, week three of the book, right? And I mean, honestly, I’m not gonna lie, I was not reading any headlines anywhere. And suddenly all of these headlines pop up and there’s all of this attention on my book,” Kelly told the podcast host.

“So I am a person that tends to take a negative and turn it into a positive,” she said. “And so my ultimate comment is, thank you.”

Jacqueline (she/her) covers all things e-commerce in beauty, lifestyle and beyond for the Good Housekeeping Institute. Before joining GH in 2021, she was a style and beauty reviews fellow at Insider, testing viral trends, reviewing sustainable brands and more. She’s a graduate of the University of Florida’s School of Journalism, with a specialty in magazines and mass communication.

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