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Kelly's statement is so asinine. "I'm so grateful to have spent the last six years beside my dear friend of too many decades to count..." Decades are easy to count, Kelly. They encompass a period of ten years. You recently turned 50. Can you not count on one hand? The good news is when the Kelly & Mark era closes, they'll need to hire 2 new hosts as Live with Mark and... will never happen. All in all, a short-sighted and lazy and uninspired casting decision but hopefully a temporary fix and a new duo can try their hand soon.

It seems whenever I catch this show, Kelly's always on a rant about hating her job and today was no different. She likened working at Live to a hostage situation and joked that anyone and everyone has a moral obligation to back her over with their car if she goes on co-hosting much longer. To be fair, Regis had a similar sense of humour but his cantankerousness was for comedic effect; Kelly's is just witchy and hostile. The good news is today was her last live show of the season and for the next two weeks (at least), Ryan will be co-hosting with Luke Bryan, Carson Kressley, Ali Wentworth, Tamron Hall, Déjà Vu, Katie Lowes, Lisa Rinna, and Caroline Rhea -- and no doubt chemistry testing for when hostage Kelly is released.

Just weighing in on predictions re: Kelly's future on Live. She made an offhand comment on the topic of social media last week that I thought could be related. She said on Tuesday's show that Instagram's the only app she's using and will be giving it up as of September 27th. That's the pub. date of her autobiography but I suspect a retirement announcement from Live will be part of the occasion as well. She also mentioned on the Bethenny Frankel podcast that she's had two previous retirement plans but only cited 2016 on the pod (because 15 years felt like enough) and I'm guessing 2020/21 was the second; but Strahan thwarted the first plan and my guess is COVID thwarted the other. She's been checked out of the show for a long time now and has gotten to the point of voicing her contempt toward the show, the network, and even the audience -- when they offer their opinions -- on the show. It's time she moves on if she feels stuck in this (multi-million dollar) gig, especially if the toxicity is infiltrating on air. I predict the book is part of her retirement plan. Just a thought.