Ryan Seacrest is the official new co-host of Live! with Kelly Ripa. The news was revealed, well, um, live, on the show on Monday morning. “It’s funny because Kelly and I are friends — we’ve known each other for a long time,” said Ryan, who sat in with Kelly on the talk show. “I could not be more excited.”

 

So excited to join this show!! @KellyRipa crushes every morning… one of my favorite people ever #livekellyryan

— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) May 1, 2017

 

 

Kelly’s longtime co-host Michael Strahan left in May 2016 to take a job on Good Morning America. Kelly had teased the news about her new co-host on Instagram over the weekend.

 

 

We’re going to need a bigger mug. #TuneInToLive #BigAnnouncement #LiveKellyCohost

A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa) on Apr 30, 2017 at 1:22pm PDT