Gifford reflected warmly on her partnership with Philbin, who died in 2020 at age 88. “Oh, I loved him.
He was so much fun. We never had a cross word in 15 years.
I miss him every day,” she recalled.
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She also joked about an incident after leaving the show when Philbin won a Daytime Emmy: “Well, now we know what the problem was.
It was me.”
Gifford later joined the Today show from 2008 to 2019, but said it was never her dream job.
“You’re just assuming it was my dream job. The Today show was never my dream job, but I did it well,” she explained.
Public tensions arose in October 2022 after Ripa’s memoir “Live Wire” included anecdotes about Philbin. Gifford expressed regret over the headlines and questioned the need for disclosure.
“What’s the point? I’m not going to read the book.
I haven’t read it. I don’t even know if it’s out yet,” she said.
Ripa responded on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, saying, “You don’t have to read every book.
Nobody has to read every book on earth.”
She noted that reader feedback on those chapters was overwhelmingly positive, adding, “And so my ultimate comment is, ‘Thank you.’”
Family Style and the 24-Hour Broadcast
Ripa and Consuelos’ daughter, Lola Consuelos, has drawn attention for her style evolution after moving to London for her music career.
She posted, “[M]oves to London and immediately starts dressing like this.”
Ripa praised her daughter’s unique sense of style during a joint appearance in April 2025.
However, she declined Lola’s request to wear a matching miniskirt for a photoshoot, saying, “Past a certain age, you got to know when to hang up your disco shoes!”
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