KELLY Ripa has been replaced on her talk show with Ryan Seacrest for a little while after she was absent during Monday’s broadcast.
The radio personality has called in another co-worker, one from American Idol, to help him out amid Kelly’s absence.
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At the top of Monday’s show, it was revealed that Luke Bryan would be joining as a guest co-host.
He and Ryan were all smiles as they walked out onto the Live with Kelly and Ryan set, with the latter helping the former into his seat.
Ryan, 47, told the guest co-host as he show him to Kelly’s usual chair: “Let me swivel you in, Luke Bryan.”
The country star told him in response: “Well, I’m not Ripa.”
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Once the two got situated, Ryan told the audience: “Monday, August 1st. Filling in for Kelly Ripa is Luke Bryan, ladies and gentleman.”
He then told Luke how “excited” he was to have him co-hosting the show, as they’d “been talking about doing this for a long time.”
“I know, I’m excited,” the 46-year-old singer gushed right back. “This is fun!”
With Kelly missing from the show without any real explanation, fans began to wonder where she could be or what she’s up to.
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Some joked that she might’ve won the lottery, after an “inside joke” Ryan and Kelly made about that on Friday became clear during Monday’s show.
At the end of last week, Kelly adamantly told viewers while talking about the big lottery drawing: “All I know is, you will know I hit that jackpot if I’m not here on Monday. You will know.”
Ryan told fans to “tune in to find out.”
Kelly continued that fans “will know” she won the money if she’s missing from Monday’s episode, which ended up happening, as she’s “not gonna release [her] name to the public.”
Realizing all of this might be confusing to Friday’s viewers, he explained: “This is an inside joke now, but it won’t be Monday.”
Still, Kelly maintained: “I’m just telling you that if I’m not here on Monday, you’ll know that I’m out counting my money.”
The inside joke became a bit more clear on Monday when Kelly was, in fact, absent from the show.
After Kelly was so adamant about possibly being out on Monday, and after Ryan assured fans it was all an "inside joke," it helped viewers realize she was always set to be missing from the show on August 1.
Fans are used to Kelly's humor on the talk show, though normally they don't have to wait a weekend to find out the meaning behind the jokes.
Unfortunately, viewers don't always appreciate her jokes, though, and Kelly recently clapped back at fans for no longer having a sense of humor.
Last month, the soap opera alum told Ryan after he complimented her appearance that that’s just because she styled her hair in a side part, and he always has the same response to it.
After a bit of banter between theLive with Kelly and Ryanhosts, the American Idol asked her: “Why is it that [your husband Mark Consuelos] and I forget it’s the side part?
“Because you’ve told me that every time I say it.”
That’s when Kelly cracked a bit of her usual self-deprecating humor, saying: “I think that as long as I cover half of my face, you guys think I’m pretty.”
Instead of laughing, Ryan gave her a side hug and cooed: “Nooooo.”
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The audience then seemed to aww and boo to the joke.
That’s when Kelly had had enough of people not understanding her anymore, telling everyone: “Oh, shut it. You guys used to have a sense of humor.
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