My first appearance on Live was in 2010, with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, for The Belly Fat Cure. Kelly held the book up on air — and if you have ever wondered whether a single morning-show moment can change a book's life, it can.
Kelly has had me back many times since. She is one of the sharpest, funniest, most genuinely prepared hosts in television, and she treats health segments like they matter, because to her audience they do. For The Cruise Control Diet we did a full cooking segment on Live with Kelly and Mark — real food, real swaps, live, no net.
Regis, of course, was Regis. Getting to stand between the two of them on that set is one of those career memories that never gets old.
Photo: Jorge Cruise with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on the Live set, 2010.