RIPA GETS LAST WORD IN KATHIE LEE SPAT!

THE battle is on between current and former Live! hosts Kelly Ripa and Kathie Lee Gifford!

As The National ENQUIRER reported, Kathie Lee was furious at how Kelly depicted their late co-host Regis Philbin during an interview about her new memoir, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, saying he was, among other things, hard to work with.

After “seeing headlines” about Kelly’s comments concerning Regis, outraged Kathie Lee, 69, declared: “I don’t get it.

I’m not gonna read the book!”

But that didn’t ruffle

Kelly’s fur. In fact, the snarky blonde actually thanked her predecessor for generating some publicity for the book.

“My ultimate comment is ‘Thank you,’ ” Kelly, 52, says on a podcast. “I mean, it’s