<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thrilling-liberating-shocking-kelly-ripa-on-fighting-for-her-marriage-and-the-reason-she-thought-theyd-divorce">Kelly Ripa</a> shared shocking information when she said she &#8220;couldn&#8217;t have an office&#8221; in the early days of her time on the ABC daytime talk show after joining &#8220;Live!&#8221; in 2001.</p>
<p>In a cover story for <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/kelly-ripa-sexism-daytime-show-1235565883/">Variety</a>, the 52-year-old actress said it took years on the show before she was able to finally get them to clean out a janitor&#8217;s closet where she could have a work space.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was the strangest experience I&#8217;ve ever had in my life,&#8221; Ripa said. &#8220;I was told that I couldn&#8217;t have an office.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It didn&#8217;t make a whole lot of sense, especially because there were empty offices that I could have easily occupied,&#8221; she added, as she explained that she was told those spaces were being reserved for executives coming in from the West Coast.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was after my fourth year,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-took-years-kelly-ripa-talks-early-struggles-with-former-co-host-regis-philbin">Ripa</a> continued. &#8220;That they finally cleaned out the [janitor&#8217;s] closet and put a desk in there for me. And so I was working in the janitor&#8217;s closet with a desk so that I could have a place to put things.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/KellyRipa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kellyripa</a> is one of Variety’s five <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PowerOfWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PowerOfWomen</a> cover stars:</p>
<p>Kelly Ripa Battled Outrageous Sexism As She Became Daytime’s Top Star: ‘I Don’t Think They Wanted to Pay Me. They Had to Pay Me’ <a href="https://t.co/72UEnNOX5Q">https://t.co/72UEnNOX5Q</a> <a href="https://t.co/VXXAIYYH20">pic.twitter.com/VXXAIYYH20</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1640730470957850626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kelly-ripa-says-she-once-passed-out-while-having-sex-with-husband-woke-in-er-dressed-like-dime-store-prostitute">Ripa</a> said even after being made the main host of the show when Regis Philbin left in 2011, she still had to fight to earn an actual office.</p>
<p>&#8220;They said, &#8216;Oh, no, we&#8217;re saving that,'&#8221; the TV host said. &#8220;And I said, &#8216;Saving it for what?&#8217; And they go, &#8216;Well, for when the new guy comes.&#8217; And I looked at them, and I said, &#8216;I am the new guy.'&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I just moved my things,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I forced my way into the office because I couldn&#8217;t understand how I would still be in the janitor&#8217;s closet and somebody new would come in and get the office.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Initially, I thought this is just what happens, and they don&#8217;t have to fill me in because I&#8217;ve only been here 10 years,&#8221; the TV host continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m still the new girl. But then, when I was the more senior on-air person, it was like watching the same movie all over again &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>After 22 years, as a host of the different iterations of &#8220;Live!&#8221; Kelly admitted that if she had &#8220;known before how difficult it would have been&#8221; at various times during her tenure on the show, she&#8217;s not sure she &#8220;would have gone for it.&#8221;</p>

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