Co-Host Contest Winner Returns to ‘Live!’ by Popular Demand, Is Endorsed by Sarah Jessica Parker

Richard Curtis, winner of the “co-host for a day” contest on Live! With Kelly, returned by popular demand on Monday after absolutely killing it on his first round on Oct. 21. Curtis is a high school teacher from Pennsylvania, but seems like a natural sitting at the host desk alongside Kelly Ripa. There’s no official word yet if he’s being considered for the full-time position, but if his second time hosting was any indication, Curtis is ready for a career change.

Sarah Jessica Parker, the first guest, said she was so impressed by Curtis that it felt as if he’d been hosting for 10 years. She said he was such a natural, she compared him to a fish in water, to a magnet on a refrigerator, and to peanut butter and jelly. But not everything went smoothly for Curtis. After that barrage of compliments, he tried to say that he sits in his basement all the time acting like Wayne and Garth from Wayne’s World, then reprising its tag line, which fell as flat as flat can be.

Although no official word has come down as to whether Curtis will become a part of the show from now on, Ripa may have been dropping a hint after he told an anecdote about his young daughter not being too impressed with his first appearance on the show (she was upset it wasn’t on the Disney Channel).

“Wait ’til your first Disney remote with us. She’ll be like: ‘Maybe Daddy does have magic powers,’” Ripa said.

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