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Karu F. Daniels

Kelly Ripa forced to work out of a janitor’s closet, shared bathroom with ‘Live’ audience while pregnant

Kelly Ripa is coming clean about her “tough” start as Regis Philbin’s co-host on the nationally syndicated morning talk show “Live.”

In a new interview, the former “All My Children” actress detailed some of the challenges she faced upon joining the chatfest in 2001.

“It was very tough,” she said in a cover story for Variety's new “Power of Women” issue. “Had I known how difficult it would have been, I don’t know that I would have gone for it. I just think my ignorance in that situation wound up being my blessing and my superpower. I did not have an easy time.”

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