Oprah Advises Kelly Ripa Not to Leave Talk Show

Oprah Winfrey recently advised Kelly Ripa not to step away from her long-running daytime talk show, Live with Kelly and Mark, during an episode of Ripa's podcast, Let's Talk Off Camera. Ripa, who has been hosting the show for 25 years and now co-hosts with her husband Mark Consuelos, asked Oprah how she knew it was time to end her own show after 25 years. Oprah, who hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show for the same length of time, encouraged Ripa to continue, emphasizing the importance of the audience and community she has built. She praised the balance of Ripa and Consuelos’s show as “easy and light” yet “serious enough when it needs to be,” and highlighted that it is “not a grind” for them. Oprah reflected on her own experience, noting that her show became difficult due to the serious topics addressed daily, implying that Ripa's current show has a more manageable tone. Overall, Oprah stressed that Ripa's reach and impact remain vital and important now more than ever, urging her not to even consider leaving the show.