-My first guest is a six-time Emmy winner
and one half of the co-hosting team
of the #1 syndicated daytime talk show,
"Live with Kelly and Ryan."
She also produces the true crime series "Exhumed,"
which returns with back-to-back episodes February 14th
at 7:00 p.m. on Oxygen.
Here is the one and only Kelly Ripa.
-Oh, my goodness. -Thank you.
-Kelly -- -That is so nice.
-That's a good intro right there.
Welcome back to "The Tonight Show."
You know we love having you here.
It's always good to see you.
-I love being with you,
even if it's from this strange setup in my bedroom.
-Oh. -I feel like I --
I mean, I feel like this is as close as infidelity
as I will ever get. -[ Laughs ]
Dude, it feels like we're FaceTiming each other.
Like, this is, like, "Hey, what's up?"
yeah, which we never do, but why not?
We can be besties and be best friends.
Like, what's happening? Tell me all the goss.
How is the family doing,
and how is 2021 going so far?
-You know, I don't know what I thought.
I think I thought, like, 2021 would be like the sequence
of "The Wizard of Oz" where --
You know when they're in black and white,
and then the house lands, and she opens the door,
and everything's in color?
I think I thought, like, 2021 would happen,
and then, like, it's over.
We can all come outside, guys, and go play in the park.
-Yeah. -Pretty much the same.
-It didn't quite happen yet, yeah.
I want to talk to you about the true crime series
that you produce called "Exhumed."
I love the true crime,
but I have to watch during the daytime.
I can't do it at nighttime, or else --
-What you have to do --
I'm going to plug my show and do you a favor at the same time.
So, on Sundays, okay, on Oxygen Channel,
they have a "Snapped" marathon.
Now, do you know about "Snapped"?
-Yes, I've seen "Snapped."
-"Snapped" is basically hours and hours and hours
of programming about women who snap one day
and kill their spouse.
-Yep. No, I've seen enough
where I go, "Honey, it's banned in our house."
-Exactly. And so it started getting banned in our house.
Like, I'd be cooking Sunday dinner,
and you have to understand,
like, I don't take pleasure in it.
I actually do it with a resentful heart.
So I'd be sitting there, like, you know,
chopping carrots with an ax,
and the kids are like, "Mom's watching 'Snapped' again."
-Yeah. Of course.
-And so that's how we came up with this idea for a show,
"Exhumed, which is basically
what happens when people --
They die under mysterious circumstances sometimes,
and they're buried, and then suddenly there's a wrinkle,
and it turns out maybe this person
had more than one person in their life that died, right?
And so you have to exhume the body.
And what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day, I thought,
than to have new episodes
of "Exhumed." -February 14th,
there's back-to-back episodes of "Exhumed."
I love these shows. I want to show a clip
from the new season of "Exhumed."
Take a look at this clip.
-With 46 years of new developments
in forensic science,
the evidence buried with Loretta
could be the key to catching Egley.
-I call Heidi Jones up,
and I told her we were going to exhume the body,
and I got exactly the answer I expected.
-I said, "Get me a shovel. I'll help dig."
-Ooh.
Kelly, I want to congratulate you, because this is very big.
This month marks your 20th anniversary
of co-hosting your show "Live."
That is an awesome achievement in television.
-I keep thinking that it's three years.
I'm like, "It's only been three years.
I don't understand what the big deal is."
-I mean, can you -- What do you remember
about getting the job in the first place?
Was this something that you always imagined?
-No. Oh, no, no, no.
I actually think that the fact
that I did not have any anticipation
about getting that job at all
actually worked greatly to my advantage,
because I wasn't going after it.
I was asked to fill in for a fill-in host at the last minute,
so it took any stakes or any, like, nervousness
that I probably would have had away.
My only concern was that I was very early pregnant
with our daughter, Lola. -Yes.
-And nobody knew. Nobody knew.
Mark and I knew, and nobody else knew.
And they said, "There's going to be a psychic,
and she's going to give you a reading,
if you don't mind, because we're doing psychic week."
And I said to Mark, "I've got to cancel. I can't do this."
-"She's gonna bust me."
-Right. And he goes, "Oh, what,
you think a psychic's going to figure out you're pregnant?"
I go, "Well, what if she does?
Isn't that what, like, psychics do?"
And, Jimmy,
not only did she figure out I was pregnant in three seconds,
but she was like, "Your grandmother, Dee, is here."
And I was like, "Mm, nope, that's not her name."
She's like, "Esther, but her nickname is Dee."
Like, she figured it all out.
-No, I don't know if I could handle it.
That's wild stuff.
Hey, over the incredible 20 years that you've hosted,
there have been so many memorable moments,
and I wanted to challenge you
just to see how many of those moments you remember
in the "Know Your Show Challenge."
Alright, I'm gonna ask a series of rapid-fire questions,
You have to answer as fast as possible
or whatever you want to do.
You're Kelly Ripa. Please. Alright.
Who was your first celebrity guest interview as co-host?
-I know that. Ray Liotta.
-Number 2, who was your celebrity guest
on your show this morning?
-Uh... [ Both laugh ]
-That's the best part.
[ Both laugh ]
That is the best part. I've done it, too.
I've done it, too. -If I asked you --
At 1:00 a.m., if I asked you,
you would not know that I was here.
-[ Chuckles ] You, of course, I would know.
Alright. Good. I got you.
You broke a Guinness World Record
for getting something thrown at your face 24 times in a minute.
What was it?
-I think pies.
-Yes, it was banana cream pies.
-Okay, amazing.
-You've done everything.
How many Daytime Emmy Awards have you won for "Live"?
-Oh, for -- I don't know.
I heard you say that I won six,
which I think is also incorrect,
but I'm going to say like three. -[ Laughs ]
-Three? -It's COVID.
We have no research department. Give us a break.
-I don't know. -Three. You won more than three.
-I don't know.
-Oh, this question is really from the heart.
You have very high stools on your show.
My question is, have you ever fallen off your stool while taping?
-I've -- Oh.
I don't think so. I would say no.
-Has your co-host ever fallen off the stool?
-Yes. Yes. [ Both laugh ]
We have a hard time keeping him in the stool.
-I want to show a clip,
'cause we've only shown it 50 times on our show.
Please roll the tape. -Us, too.
-It's my favorite thing.
-Gold from Buffalo, New York.
Lookit. [ Laughs ]
It's the best thing ever. Ah. Thanks for --
Let's keep more of those memories going.
Here's to 20 more.
Congratulations on your 20th anniversary of "Live."
And be sure, everybody, check out "Exhumed" on Oxygen
on Valentine's Day. It's a back-to-back episode.
Kelly Ripa, we love you.