Kelly Ripa is opening up about the real reason why she quit drinking. The Live With Kelly And Ryan host surprised fans when she made the admission about her change in drinking habits in January 2020. At the time, her cohost Ryan Seacrest said her decision to get sober coincided with him joining the show.
Kelly, 49, set the record straight on Wednesday, February 19. “It’s so funny. I did one of those crazy like ‘Sober Septembers,’ although it was like March, and I did it for a month and I felt great,” she told People Now.
The mom of three continued, “I liked the way I felt. I liked the way I sort of looked,” and gestured to her face.
Kelly said, “And I was like, ‘I think I’m just gonna stick with it. And that was sort of it. There was no real [reason].”
“I know Ryan likes to blame himself for the wine industry having a surplus,” she joked. “But I really just felt better.”
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During the January 20 episode of Live, Kelly read a news item to Ryan, 45. “They’re saying that Americans bought less wine last year. It’s the first drop in a quarter of a century,” she said.
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“Now, I believe this is because I quit drinking, that I caused this dip. I have influenced the market,” she quipped, adding, “I’m not saying I’ve driven people [out of drinking alcohol], I’m saying I stopped buying wine and there’s a … dip.”
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The American Idol host joked, “I started the show and she quit drinking. What does that tell you?” Kelly said, “Exactly … It’s amazing.”
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If Kelly quit the year Ryan joined, she’ll have been sober almost three years, since the spring of 2017.
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The high school student posed with his friends after his match with cotton in his nose. She wrote, “You win some, you lose some, and sometimes you get a tampon shoved up your nose. #mayorscup #wrestlers #wrestlerslife.”
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On Live, she explained that he “took a knee” to the face, but that he was “fine.”
During the January 20 episode of Live, Kelly read a news item to Ryan, 45. “They’re saying that Americans bought less wine last year. It’s the first drop in a quarter of a century,” she said.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“Now, I believe this is because I quit drinking, that I caused this dip. I have influenced the market,” she quipped, adding, “I’m not saying I’ve driven people [out of drinking alcohol], I’m saying I stopped buying wine and there’s a … dip.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
The American Idol host joked, “I started the show and she quit drinking. What does that tell you?” Kelly said, “Exactly … It’s amazing.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
If Kelly quit the year Ryan joined, she’ll have been sober almost three years, since the spring of 2017.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
The high school student posed with his friends after his match with cotton in his nose. She wrote, “You win some, you lose some, and sometimes you get a tampon shoved up your nose. #mayorscup #wrestlers #wrestlerslife.”
On Live, she explained that he “took a knee” to the face, but that he was “fine.”
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