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Rejected Actor May Get The Last Laugh

[Blind Gossip] Many years ago, your friends at Blind Gossip started taking you behind the scenes in the recasting of this high-paying TV role.

It’s a show with a male and female lead that has been on the air for a long time.

First Guy had been with the show for many years. After our female lead took the seat next to him, they had a few happy years together. Well, that is, until she pushed him out!

First Guy was bitter about that, and he and Female pretty much never spoke again.

Female took a lot of time picking his successor, Second Guy.

Second Guy left after just a few years. Actually, Female pushed him out, too. Like First Guy, Second guy doesn’t speak to Female either.

Now, at the time that Second Guy was chosen, we expressed our surprise that a certain male actor who had been in the business a long time didn’t even make it to the top three on the winner’s stand. From our perspective, Actor was perfect for the job: Smart, funny, amiable, etc. It was clear that Female liked him, as she kept bringing him back to the show for guest appearances. But no, Female strung him along for a while and then chose Second Guy.

After Second Guy departed, Female contacted Actor again. Would he like another shot at that costar slot?

Actor was thrilled and immediately said yes!

Female and the producers toyed with him. They led him to believe he was getting the gig. Since this was his idea of a dream job, he allowed them to string him along.

This went on, quite literally, for months and months.

And then they gave the job to Third Guy.

Ugh! To say that Actor was disappointed by this second rejection would be an understatement. He was crushed.

Fast forward a couple of years.

Female is not very happy with her costar, Third Guy. What a surprise.

She wanted to bring back Actor for a third shot at the chair next to hers.

Did Actor jump at the chance for yet another try for his dream job?

No!

Actor was tired of being used by Female.

He went and got his own darn show!

Good for him! We hope that Actor crushes it in the ratings.

If he does, that rip-roaring sound you will hear will be our twice-rejected Actor getting the last laugh!

Similar: The Final Three

Similar: Three In Waiting

Female:

First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy:

Actor:

[Optional] Did Actor make the right choice?

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  1. Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Kelly Ripa toyed with Jerry O’Connell for years. Now he’s getting his own show.

  2. Kelly Ripa

    Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Jerry O’Connell

    Definitely!

  3. Kelly Ripa
    Regis, Strahan, Seacrest
    Jerry O’Connell
    Absolutely! He is adorable and I hope his show does well. It’s like a relationship where someone just won’t commit, but wants to string you along indefinitely. I also think that Jerry was too much competition for Ripa.

  4. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: ?

  7. kelly ripa

    1 regis philbin
    2 michael strahan
    3 ryan seacrest

    actor who wanted the job got used is jerry o’connell

  8. Kelly Ripa, Regis, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest, Jerry O’Connell. I love Jerry and thought Ryan was the wrong choice. Good luck, Jerry!

  10. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Stratham, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Fred Savage

  14. Female: Kelly Ripa
    Guy 1: Regis
    Guy 2: Michael Strahan
    Guy 3: Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Jerry O – Jerry O’Connell

  17. Kelly Ripa and the actor is Jerry O’Connell.

    First Guy: Forgot
    Second Guy: Strahan
    Third Guy: Seacrest

  20. Female – Kelly Ripa

    First Guy – Regis Philbin

    Second Guy – Michael Strahan

    Third Guy – Ryan Seacrest

    Actor – Jerry O’Connell

    Yes, he definitely made the right choice…After time she would have forced him to leave the show as well…Good luck with your new show, Jerry <3

  21. Grey’s Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo? Wouldn’t know the guys as I stopped watching years ago.

  22. Female: Kelly Ripa
    First: Regis Philbin
    Second: Michael Strahan
    Third: Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

  23. Kelly Ripa
    This is Live with Ryan and Kelly
    Regis Philbin, Micheal Strahan and Ryan Seacrest.
    Actor- Just a guess…Jerry O’Connell?

  25. Female: Kelly Rippa (rip roaring)
    First guy: Regis Philban
    Second guy: Michael Strahan
    Third guy: Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: jerry OConnell

    Yes. Even if his talk show is a failure, not worth it to have been saddled with working with Kelly. She’s come a long way from being Hailey Vaughan on All My Children. To me, there is no chemistry on set – it’s always tense and fakey mcfake. Not just with Ryan but all her cohosts. I don’t think ppl enjoy working with her.

  27. Kelly, Regis, Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest

    Jerry O’donnell. Yes. He made the right choice. She is not to be trusted. She’ll be kicked off her thrown one day and they will all be laughing!

  28. Female: the ridiculous Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? YES!!!!! I never cared much for him, but it was awful how he was treated. I hope his talk show does WAY better than Live!

  29. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? Heck yeah!

  33. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy: Regis Philbin
    Second Guy: Michael Strahan
    Third Guy: Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? Sure, why not?

  34. Actor: Jerry O’Connell. Hope he does great!

    Female: Kelly Ripa

    Of course Kelly is tired of Seacreay already, she wants to have her own show and no co hosts

  35. Hello Kelly Ripa….Why does this keep happening? Maybe your co-host should be your hubs Mark Consuelos but how would that end?

    Answers:
    Regis Philbin
    Michael Strahan
    Ryan Seacrest

    Jerry O’Connell

  36. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First guy: Regis Philbin
    Second guy: Michael Strahan
    Third guy: Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O Connell

  37. Kelly Ripa
    Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Neil Patrick Harris — and yes, he made the right choice!

  40. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy: Regis Philbin

    Second Guy: Michael Strahan

    Third Guy: Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’ Connell (clue: winner’s stand –> Stand By Me)

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? Yes she seems like a nightmare to work with and it’s not cool that they strung him along

  41. Female: Kelly Ripa
    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Neil Patrick Harris or Jerry O’Connell

  42. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis, Michael Shahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O!

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? Hell yeah. Jerry has his own show and is now part of the Star Trek Community (as is the lovely and talented Rebecca “Number One”) which ensures paid appearances at ST Conventions until the end of time if he wants. He da boss. Bababooey!

  43. Of course this is Kelly Ripa. She’s a nightmare. And that’s so shitty. Glad his show is going well.

    First Guy: Regis
    Second guy: Michael Strahan
    Third guy: Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Seth Myers

  46. Kelly Ripa
    Regis Philbin
    Michael Strahan
    Ryan Seacrest (Thought I read that Disney was offering him big $$$ for Live and for Idol.)

    Jerry O’Connell and I hope he does well.

  47. Female: Kelly Ripa
    Guys: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    Optional: Definitely. His time would’ve been limited and good that he saw through her veneer.

  49. Kelly Ripa

    Regis, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Jerry O’Connell

    Yes, he did. I like him & wish him well with his new show.

  50. Female: Kelly Ripa
    FG:Reggis Philbin
    SG: Michael Strahan
    TG: Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    Life made the right choice for him. I’m happy for him and that Wendy Williams is giving an opportunity to host a daytime show.

  53. Ripa
    Philbin, Strahan, Seacrest
    Jerry O’Connell

    I’m happy for him, he deserves much better than working with greedy for power Kelly

  54. Kelly Ripa
    Regis Philban, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest
    Josh Groban
    Optional: H#ll, YES! Fool me once, blah blah, fool me ten times, you are OFF my official 45 RPM rock n roll party blow out!

  57. Live with Kelly. 1st guy-Regis. 2nd-Micheal Strahand 3rd-Ryan Seacrest. Actor is Jerry

  59. Kelly Ripa and

    Regis, Michael, Ryan

    Neil Patrick Harris

    Her insecurity will be her downfall.

  60. This is about Kelly Ripa choosing Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest after pushing out Regis. Fred Savage was the Actor?

  61. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Fred Savage?
    Good for the actor, she does not seem to be a very nice person in real life

  62. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest (sleaze)

    Actor: Jerry O’ connell

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? Yes. Her show’s boring.

  64. Kelly, Regis, Michael, Ryan, and Jerry O

    Absolutely, why be second banana when you can be the whole enchilada!!

  65. It’s Live!
    Female: Kelly Ripa
    First, Second, & Third Guys: Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, & Ryan Seacrest.
    Actor: Jerry O’Connell, who has his own interview show now.

    Optional: I think so, in that if he joined her show she’d probably oust him in short order given the opportunity.

  67. Jerry O’Donnell and oh yes Kelly Rippa – she is the slimiest person in the business. I hope he crushes her too. Glad that Michael Strahan got out when he did. I have always felt that Kelly tried to get him fired and he jumped ship before she could finish her dirty deeds. She won’t be able to pull her usual tricks on Ryan Seacrest – he is 10 steps ahead of her!!!!

  69. Live with Kelly and………..whomever first guy was of course Regis. He pretty much for along with everyone so for her to do that, pretty bad. Plus it was originally HIS show. Then Michael Strahan. Then the big search. I thought Jerry o Connell was a shoe in. But nope, Ryan got it. If I were Jerry i would have done the same thing

  70. Kelly Ripa removed Regis, brought in Michael Strahan, toyed with Jerry O’connel and went with Ryan Seacrest.

  71. Kelly Ripa
    Regis Philbin
    Michael Strahan
    Ryan Seacrest

    Jerry O’Connell

    It’s been soooo obvious kelly dislikes Ryan. People know fakeness. Ryan plays it cool and let’s her rule the roost. I wondered how long he would be able to keep this up. So is he leaving??? What’s going on? She should go!!! Would that be a huge blow to her ego and victim mentality.

  72. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy: Regis Philbin
    Second Guy: Michael Strahan
    Third Guy: Ryan Secret

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    Good for him! He seems like such a good guy and i thought he was a shoe-in for 3rd guy. Secrest came as a surprise.

  74. Kelly Ripa

    Regis, Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    I wouldn’t go back, he was right to reject it! F her lol

  75. Kelly Rippa

    Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest

    Jerry O’Connell
    Yes! I’m really looking forward to the Jerry O Show.

  77. Jerry O’Connell has a new talk show starting soon. Yes, he made the right choice. I don’t understand the appeal of Kelly Ripa. She is totally self-centered, full of herself and toxic to co-hosts. I haven’t watched that show since she ran Regis off. I hope and pray that Jerry’s show is a huge success and that his ratings blow hers away!

  78. female Kelly Ripa (showing her nastiness more and more as she’s getting older)

    first guy Regis Philbin

    second guy Michael Strahan

    Third guy — Ryan Secrist

    Actor — Jerry O”Connell whose getting his own show now. — good for him

  79. Kelly Ripa.
    Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest.
    Jerry O’ Connell. He is getting his own talk show. Heck yes he made the right choice, Kelly is a snake.

  81. Kelly Ripa
    1) Regis
    2) Strahan
    3) Seacrest
    4) Jerry O’Connell
    Hell yes! She is so annoying. I hope he does well

  83. Kelly Ripa
    Jerry O’Connell

    Regis P
    Michael S
    Ryan S

    She’s so irritating!!!! Beyond thrilled he got his own show!

  84. Did Jerry O’Connell get a new show? Good for him!

    Kelly Ripa as the female.

    Optional: yes!

  85. Female: Kelly Ripa
    First Guy: Regis Philbin
    Second Guy: Michael Strahan
    Third Guy: Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    Jerry should have gotten the job after Michael. I’m glad he got his own show. So yes he made a wise choice. Ryan * and I now really hate the show.

  86. Female: Kelly Ripa

    1st Regis Philbin, 2nd Michael Strayhan & 3rd Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell whose new show starts Monday!

  87. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin; Michael Strahan; Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Jerry O’Connell

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? Absolutely!

  90. kelly ripa.
    regis, michael strahan, seacrest.
    jerry o’connell.

    (opt) YES!!! go jerry!!

  91. Female: Kelly Ripa

    First Guy, Second Guy, Third Guy: Regis Philbin, Michael Straham, Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Neil Patrick Harris?

    [Optional] Did Actor make the right choice? I think so. Talk shows are kind of passe.

  92. I’m late commenting, but it’s Kelly * Rippa for the woman, Regis = first guy, Michael Strahan = second guy, Ryan Seacrest = third guy, Jerry O’Connell = actor. Get rid of bitch. No one likes her anyway. (not that I watch that *). hahaha

  93. Kelly Ripa
    First: Regis Philbin
    Second: Michael Strahan
    Third: Ryan Seacrest
    Actor: Jerry O’Connell (O’Connell’s new talk show, slated to air August 12 on select Fox stations is simply titled, Jerry O)

    • Oh I forgot to add first guy was Regis, Second Guy was Michael Strahan, third guy is Ryan Seacrest.

  100. Female: Kelly Ripa of live with Kelly and Ryan

    First guy: Regis Philbin
    Second guy: Michael Strahan
    Third guy:Ryan Seacrest

    Actor: Mario Lopez