Kelly Ripper's Leaving ABCs Live

Kelly Ripper said she and Regis Philbin were plagued by rumors that they secretly loathed one another. In 2017, Philbin claimed he'd never been asked back on the program, hadn't spoken to Ripper since he exited. She said, though she did not, Ripper did not dispute Philbin's claim at the time, something she now regrets. The pair spent 10 years, ABCs live together. He died 20 years later after a long battle with cancer.