Ripa started Monday’s episode expressing her surprise, adding that she thought Philbin was literally bigger than life. “Certain things are inevitable, and dying is one of those things,” he said. “But Regis is one of the people we all believed, I think, that somehow he would find a way to avoid the inevitable.” It wasn’t in the cards, I guess. “
“When you hear news like this … you think to yourself, ‘It’s a mistake, it’s one of those terrible mistakes’ and I can’t wait to hear Regis turn on this,” Ripa said, referring to Philbin’s fondness for your self esteem. deprecation.
Ripa compared Seacrest to Philbin and recalled how his former co-host gave his current co-host his stamp of approval.
“They don’t make them like Regis anymore,” he said. “And then Ryan Seacrest comes along and Regis says, ‘That boy has it. He has it.’ ”
Seacrest praised Phibin’s ability to weave a story “of the smallest thing” and added that “he was many people’s best friends.”
Despite his enormous personality, Ripa explained that Philbin also possessed a unique quality for show business.
“What I really appreciated is how irrelevant he thought [show business] It was, “he said.” He loved show business and loved people in show business, but at the same time, he was just so average. “
