Kelly Ripa is unapologetically taking early action to deal with the backlash she received from viewers after sparking a dramatic controversy on Thanksgiving.
“Live! With Kelly and Mark” host, 54, clapped back at the critics On Tuesday's episode, she appeared on the show after she came under fire the day before for asking a fan whether the popular Thanksgiving side dish was called “stuffing” or “dressing.”
“Get a life, just get one, honestly,” Ripa quipped. “Calm down. If you're worried about this, congratulations. It's actually not a problem.”
The debate began on Monday, when the longtime TV personality, who was born in Stratford, New Jersey, just 24 miles from Philadelphia, argued that herbal dishes have different names in different regions of the United States. He claimed that his remarks were not well-received by viewers across the United States. .
“Forget any political debate,” Ripa said Tuesday. “The real debate is people arguing about stuffing and clothing.”
Ripa tried to defend herself on Tuesday by reading an article published in Better Homes and Gardens that she mentioned the day before.
“[The] According to the article, regionally, whether you call it “stuffing” or “dressing” depends on where you're from, but for those of you at home who say I, Kelly Ripa, am wrong again. ,” Ripa added.
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In Tuesday's segment, Ripa only read “sanitized” fan messages on the topic.
“I've always been taught that the dressing is cooked on the outside of the turkey and the stuffing is cooked on the inside of the turkey,” one viewer wrote on the show.
Ripa's co-host and husband of 28 years, Mark Consuelos, interjected that his mother would.
Another viewer wrote on the show that the family is Pennsylvania Dutch and calls the dish “filling.”
Ripa stood up and joked that viewers shouldn't reach out to correct her about the “cramming” comment, but then grinned as she read the following comment from a family whose daughter attends college in the South: Ta.
“Imagine the confusion when a cafeteria employee asked her if she wanted gravy on her dressing and she replied, 'No, thank you. Why would you want gravy on your salad dressing? Is there someone there?”
Consuelos, 53, asked if the “materials” were different, and his wife said no.
“Thank you, internet, for setting me straight,” Ripa joked.
The segment ended with Consuelos sharing: According to a new report: For the third year in a row, Americans have declared sides the star of the Thanksgiving table.
“56% prefer a side dish to turkey,” Consuelos claims, adding that for most generations, “stuffing/dressing” is their favorite side dish over mashed potatoes or green bean casserole.
