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'Live With Regis and Kelly': Ripa on 'petty' contract negotiations - Insider

'Live With Regis and Kelly': Ripa on 'petty' contract negotiations - Insider

'Live With Regis and Kelly': Ripa on 'petty' contract negotiations - Insider
Sep 27, 2022 1 min, 1 sec

In her book titled "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories," released on Tuesday, Ripa said that she noticed "a vibe shift" when she returned to the "Live!" to cohost for the third time.

Ripa said that afterward, Angela Shapiro, the then-president of ABC daytime, told her that the network wanted to make her an official offer to become the new permanent cohost. .

The Emmy-winning host said that she told Shapiro she didn't think the people over at "Live!" including Philbin, liked her. .

Ripa recalled discussing the offer with her husband Mark Consuelos, who told her the job would provide "better working hours and more money." Ripa said that over the phone with her agent, she was informed of a laundry list of "deal breakers."!

"I wasn't permitted to use my own hair and makeup people," Ripa said. 

According to Ripa, her small team also wasn't allowed to do her hair and makeup at the "All My Children" set prior to the talk-show tapings "even if I paid them myself."

"I was commanded, yes commanded, to use Regis's hair and makeup team," she said

Additionally, Ripa said that her name "had to be smaller than Regis's name on the 'Live!' title card and branding

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