Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty
Kelly Ripahas two dates for Hollywood’s biggest night!
On ABC’sThe Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95, Seacrest shared that his exit is “bittersweet.”
“We have such a great relationship and friendship andworking relationship,” Seacrest said. “And Mark is going to take over, and he and I have the same kind of relationship and it’s going to be an exciting last few weeks. I’m not done yet!”
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Ripa added: “We keep saying nothing will really change between the three of us. It’s just Ryan will get to have his coffee later.”
Consuelos then revealed when he will be joining his wife on the talk show, sharing, “I am so excited, I start the show on April 17, which is a Monday, and I could not be more honored and excited.”
The dapper trio will filmLive’s annual After Oscar Show, which will air hours after the 95th annualAcademy Awardswraps.
“They move out and we move in,” Ripa previously joked to PEOPLE about the show, teasing how it goes from Hollywood’s biggest night to its biggest morning party. “We’re like the changing of the guards.”
In addition to footage from red-carpet special correspondentCarson Kressley, the show will feature live interviews in front of a studio audience.
This will mark Seacrest’s final After Oscar Show as he announced in Februarythat he’d be leavingLiveafter six years.
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.ABC Entertainment
Seacrestpreviously told PEOPLEhosting the show day-to-day has not changed his and Ripa’s friendship.
“We were in each other’s lives before the show, and we’ll be in each other’s lives after the show,” he said.
“It doesn’t feel like anything’s really changed,” Ripa added. “We won’t see each other every morning, but we are so ensconced in each other’s lives. I’m such a busybody in his life, so I don’t really see our relationship changing.”
“I’ll just be getting more sleep on Oscar night next year,” Seacrest joked.
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The Oscarsair live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, at 8 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
