'I had a really difficult time,' Ripa says of her early days on the show -- adding she had to wait to use the same bathroom as the studio audience (via toofab)
When Regis left the show in 2011, Ripa said the network refused to give her his old office, even though she was then the sole host of the show.
"They said, 'Oh, no, we're saving that.' And I said, 'Saving it for what?' And they go, 'Well, for when the new guy comes.' And I looked at them, and I said, 'I am the new guy,'" she explained, adding that she eventually just"forced" her way into the office. "All of those offices that were not available to me were suddenly made available [to others], with walls knocked down to make them twice as big," she added."It was fascinating for me to watch — the need to make the new guy comfortable and respected, but I couldn't use those offices. I had to use the broom closet."
Ripa also claimed she didn't have a bathroom of her own either and had to use the same one provided to the studio audience. "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," she said."It just seemed, you know, a very needlessly difficult situation."
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