On Monday viewers were shocked when host Kelly Ripa of Live With Regis and Kelly came out on stage with crutches. After weeks of dealing with unknown pain, which Ripa thought was a pulled muscle, she went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her right hip.
Ripa, ever the funny woman, told the audience it looks way worse than it is and went on to say she really only went to the doctor for the pain killers.
The doctor felt that a small problem was made worse because of Kelly’s exercise schedule, running, work, kids and entertaining. The fracture will heal on its own with no exercise for 3-6 weeks.
Not to be outdone, co-host Regis Philbin revealed that he too had doctored because of a cut on his hand that needed stitches. Kelly joked that he quickly sliced his hand backstage so that he would get attention too. Executive producer Michael Gelman also hurt himself over the weekend. Kelly said the three of them don’t do anything separately.
Watch the video below–it’s pretty comical: