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Kelly Ripa gets real about working with Regis Philbin: TV show 'was not a cakewalk'

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It has been two years since beloved TV host Regis Philbin passed away at 88, and over a decade since his last episode of "Live!

with Regis and Kelly." Now, talk show host, mother and soon-to-be author Kelly Ripa is discussing her often rocky, sometimes glorious relationship with her late co-host.

While promoting her new book, "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories" in an interview with People, the 51-year-old says working with the legend caused her "good and bad days," but writing about her experiences with Philbin proved to be "the hardest." Ripa detailed the difficult road she endured to secure what many would consider routine benefits for a TV host, like "an office and a place to put my computer."  She explained, "I don't want to feel like I'm slamming anyone or that I'm being disrespectful.

But I also want people to know it was not a cakewalk. It took years to earn my place there and earn things that are routinely given to the men I worked with." Of her 10-year stint with Regis on "Live!

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