“I was told that I couldn’t have an office. It didn’t make a whole lot of sense, especially because there were empty offices that I could have easily occupied,' Kelly Ripa said.
“It was the strangest experience I’ve ever had in my life,” Ripa told the magazine. “I was told that I couldn’t have an office. It didn’t make a whole lot of sense, especially because there were empty offices that I could have easily occupied.”
Philbin, who passed away in 2020, stepped down from the syndicated morning show in 2011. Ripa said that she planned to move into his former office once he left, as she had been elevated to main host. However, Ripa was told that they were saving his space for “when the new guy comes.” “Picture this,” Ripa said. “We have a studio audience—like 250 people!—and I have to queue up. Particularly, when I was pregnant, it was extraordinarily exhausting to have to wait in line. I have to host the show, and I’m still waiting in line to use the bathroom. It just seemed, you know, a very needlessly difficult situation.”that the network only felt pressure to pay her what she deserved once her contract ended, and she had the option to leave.
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