Checking in with RYAN SEACREST
For Ryan Seacrest, weekday mornings are both the same and different now. Their nature changed for him, as for so many people, about a year ago when the coronavirus pandemic began. He and co-host Kelly Ripa suddenly had to adjust to doing their popular syndicated show “Live With Kelly and Ryan” from their respective homes on opposite coasts ... and though they’ve returned to the studio, they’re still conducting the great majority of their celebrity interviews remotely.
“It never felt like we were actually on live television,” Seacrest reflects of the period when he and Ripa were working from home. “The thought of us standing in our kitchens or our living rooms by ourselves, broadcasting nationally on traditional media through our computer screens, I didn’t feel like we were on the air, which may have made us even more comfortable than when we’re on the set.”
Still, Seacrest notes that he and Ripa “were anxious to be in the same room, because a lot of the magic on this kind of show comes from reading body language. And we do that very well, so I think we’re even better when we’re in the room together.”
With that said, Seacrest – who also does his “On Air With Ryan Seacrest” radio program each weekday morning – allows that “we’re all experiencing a lot of firsts” in the pandemic age, adding that he and the entire “Live” staff are “sensitive to what’s happening in the world, and we know where our show stands in the universe of television and content and popular culture. We just try to put on a show that’s friendly every day.”
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Current residences: Los Angeles and New York
Marital status: Single
Other television work includes: “American Idol,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest,” “Live From the Red Carpet,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “The Million Dollar Quiz,” “American Idol Rewind,” “American Juniors,” “Walt Disney World Christmas Parade,” “Punk’d,” “Mind of Mencia,” “Robot Chicken” (voice only), “Ultimate Revenge,” “Disneyland 2000: 45 Years of Magic,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Click,” “Reality Check,” “Wild Animal Games,” “Gladiators 2000”
Movie work includes: “The Stand In,” “New Year’s Eve,” “Shrek Forever After” (voice only), “Get Smart,” “Knocked Up”
Favorite movie: “I like Michael Douglas movies. And at the end of the night on New Year’s Eve when I got home, I watched Vince Vaughn movies. His are great.”
Favorite TV show you’re not on: “I just binged ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ and I like ‘The Crown’ as well.”
Favorite singer: “At the top of my list is Sting.”
Dec. 24, 1974 Atlanta