Ryan Seacrest holds one[sie] specific Live holiday show memory close to his heart.
On Live with Kelly and Mark‘s merry Monday morning episode, viewers were treated to clips of several stars sharing their favorite holiday memories, and of course the Live alum, who Mark Consuelos described as “one of [their] very special friends,” was among those featured.
“Doing the Christmas show was one of the highlights of the year. I remember each year looking forward to it so much,” Seacrest gushed. “I mean, we would have Santa of course, we had Mariah Carey, we would have a choir sometimes.”
However, Seacrest determined his personal “highlight” to be the “Christmas onesies” that he and Kelly Ripa wore during every holiday show they hosted together.
“So comfortable to do a show in a onesie, and we had a chance to do it every single Christmas episode,” he recalled, as clips of he and Ripa donning their holiday onesies played alongside him. “I will miss that. I will be watching in my onesie at home.”
Once the episode returned to Ripa and Consuelos in the studio, Consuelos said, “Aww. We didn’t do a onesie.”
Ripa teased, “No, now that you’re here, we have to look elegant.”
Consuelos quipped, “No more onesies.”
Today’s holiday special, titled “Miracle on 67th Street,” also marked their last Christmas show in their Upper West Side studio, though Ripa joked that this is “allegedly” true. The two co-hosts paid homage to the studio, which has been Live‘s broadcasting home for over 40 years.
“A building is concrete, steel, windows, walls, and floors. But sometimes a building is more than that. Sometimes, a building is home,” Consuelos mused.
Ripa, who began co-hosting Live in 2001, noted that they “have a lot of history here on the corner of 67th and Columbus.”
“We’ve had so much fun and collected so many special memories. We may be leaving this building soon, but we’ll never forget Live‘s first home,” she added, prior to sharing a tribute video showcasing previous holiday episodes filmed in the studio.
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