RUMOR HAS IT: Kelly Ripa Didn’t Want Ryan Seacrest To Be Her Co-Host

ALLEGEDLY Kelly Ripa didn’t want Ryan Seacrest as her cohost. Sources say the decision to hire Seacrest was ultimately ABC president’s call, but Ripa preferred someone less well-known. The sources add she wanted someone that she could boss around, and that isn’t Seacrest since he’s as big of a star as she is.