Kelly Ripa hosted “Live with Kelly and Ryan” solo for a second day this week after revealing that her co-host Ryan Seacrest was awaiting coronavirus test results.
“Ryan [Seacrest] is out today,” the 50-year-old co-host of the daytime talk show shared. The comments were noted by E! News in a piece published Tuesday.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we are waiting—he had a COVID test and we’re just waiting for the results,” she added of Seacrest. (RELATED: Kelly Ripa Shares The Reason She Decided To Stop Drinking Alcohol: ‘I Just Never Went Back’)
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Ripa went on to explain how there are “all of these new restrictions now,” due to the pandemic, including taking the test in order to get into the studio. (RELATED: Kelly Ripa Might Have Already Found Her Next Co-Host For ‘Live’)
“You’re welcome, everyone,” the talk show host quipped. “We take it seriously—it’s public health.”
A short time later, the studio announced on Instagram that Ryan’s test’s results had came back negative and he would be back in the studio Wednesday with Ripa.
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“UPDATE: Great news.. test came back and he’s negative,” the show shared on social media. “Ryan will be back tomorrow!”