Kelly Ripa Explains Why She Addressed Forced Relationship With Regis Philbin In New Book
“I had by and by have enormous respect, significant regard and love for Regis,” Ripa tells ET of the late TV character, who passed on in 2020. “I, as an enormous part of the study public, felt like I knew him, but to expect two people from such different ages to have some sort of odd, obliged friendship when they never knew each other is a very peculiar thing to put on one person....