Halloween horrors, backstage malfunctions, and a dress that proves that you should always account for the wind — here are some of the most inappropriate outfits rocked by Kelly Ripa.
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00:00Halloween horrors, backstage malfunctions, and a dress that proves that you should always
00:04account for the wind.
00:06Here are some of the most inappropriate outfits rocked by Kelly Ripa.
00:10You've gotta hand it to Kelly Ripa.
00:11For most of us, walking the Oscars red carpet with our underwear exposed sounds like a genuine
00:16nightmare.
00:17But in 2023, Ripa actually did this, and she did it on purpose.
00:22Not only was Ripa's floor-length dress entirely sheer, but she had also chosen to wear particularly
00:27skimpy underwear beneath it, and, just to make this gown even more revealing, it had
00:31an extremely low, open back.
00:33The high neckline and full coverage in front certainly softened the blow of this dress's
00:38sheerness, making it a little less over-the-top than it could have been.
00:41Yet, the Academy Awards is one of Hollywood's fanciest red carpets, and an entirely sheer
00:47dress felt like a bit much for this occasion.
00:50Ripa certainly doesn't look bad in this daring ensemble, but it still managed to be one of
00:54her more inappropriate looks over the years, and at one of the world's most prestigious
00:58events no less.
01:00In 2023, Kelly Ripa turned up to work one morning looking a bit frazzled, as she scrambled
01:05to tie the bow on the front of her hot pink dress.
01:07I had a small wardrobe emergency backstage, it was very exciting, I almost did not walk
01:13out here.
01:14It was unclear exactly what the wardrobe emergency was, but it certainly seemed to be cause for
01:20Since she almost left her co-host and husband, Mark Consuelos, to head out on stage by himself.
01:25Interestingly, this wasn't the first time Ripa had worn this particular dress on the
01:29show, and it caused an issue the first time, too.
01:32On a previous episode, which aired just weeks earlier, Ripa was dancing with Consuelos when
01:36she felt her dress rip.
01:38It turned out to be a tie around the waist, which she proceeded to rip off, and yet she
01:42decided to revisit this look regardless.
01:44Of course, it's possible that she just had this dress on hand to throw on at the last
01:48minute when another ensemble didn't work.
01:51That said, now that the dress has caused a wardrobe malfunction on two occasions, it's
01:55probably best to put it firmly into retirement.
01:59Everyone loves a celeb who goes all out for Halloween, and Kelly Ripa certainly pulls
02:03her weight during the spooky season.
02:05Not only does she never shy away from donning an elaborate costume, but she also has a knack
02:10for choosing outfits that honor huge pop culture moments.
02:13From Jennifer Coolidge's iconic character in The White Lotus to her uncanny portrayal
02:18of, um, Ryan Seacrest, Ripa clearly uses her pop culture knowledge to devise her on-point
02:24costumes.
02:25Back in 2013, Miley Cyrus' wacky VMAs performance alongside Robin Thicke and many, many teddy
02:30bears was a truly show-stopping pop culture event.
02:33But Ripa's homage to Cyrus' outfit veered into inappropriate territory for a morning
02:38talk show.
02:39For the Live's Best Halloween Show Ever episode, Ripa and then-co-host Michael Strahan sported
02:44a number of different costumes.
02:45One of those costumes was Cyrus' super-short mouse ensemble and Thicke's striped suit.
02:51Just like Cyrus, Ripa was only a slight turn away from exposing herself to the audience.
02:55And if you're thinking, well, hey, at least she didn't go with Miley's infamous flesh-colored
03:00two-piece, you may want to think again.
03:02Ripa absolutely wore that outfit on the show.
03:05She even twerked in it.
03:07Back in 2020, Ripa hit the Live with Kelly and Ryan's stage in a simple pair of black
03:12pants and a long-sleeved red top.
03:14Without knowing the backstory of the ensemble, this might look anything but inappropriate
03:18for daytime TV.
03:19Yet, a backstage video that was posted to Instagram reveals that these pants were not,
03:24in fact, an ideal article of clothing for Ripa, especially when she was about to sit
03:28down for a full, hour-long episode.
03:31In the video, Ripa has her hands in her pockets as she and her co-host Ryan Seacrest headed
03:35to the stage.
03:36My hands are stuck in my pockets.
03:38His back pockets.
03:39My husband's hands are too tight.
03:40She also made a point of telling Seacrest just how dire the situation really was, even
03:45admitting that she was praying they wouldn't tear.
03:47Luckily, as far as we know, the pants did not, in fact, tear.
03:51Yet, watching Ripa walk from backstage to her chair shows just how uncomfortable those
03:55pants really must have been.
03:57Like any good co-host, Seacrest assured Ripa that, despite their tight fit, the trousers
04:02were a,
04:03"...nice cut."
04:04Still, anyone who's ever worn tight pants before can attest that a poor fit like this
04:08should make a pair of pants a no-go.
04:10You can only imagine how much worse it must have been trying to sit still in front of
04:13a live studio audience.
04:16You can't discuss Kelly Ripa's most inappropriate outfits without mentioning the time she exposed
04:21her brightly colored underwear on national television, though, in her defense, this can't
04:25have been the outfit she had planned.
04:27In 2021, Ripa switched from the host chair to the guest chair when she visited The Talk.
04:32She reminisced about when the talk show's co-host, Carrie Ann Inaba, guest-hosted on
04:37Live! with Kelly back in 2012.
04:40Inaba, who is originally from Honolulu, joined Ripa to broadcast live from Aulani, a Disney
04:45resort and spa in Hawaii.
04:47While heading to Hawaii with your friend may seem like the ultimate work trip, Ripa's outfit
04:51of choice for the episode made the experience less than ideal.
04:55As Ripa later explained on The Talk,
04:56"...we were on set, and because Inaba knows Hawaii so well, she knows that it gets breezy
05:01there.
05:02I just look at the temperature like, oh, it's 97 degrees, I better wear this dress made
05:06out of papier-mâché."
05:08Ripa's short, lightweight dress was no match for the strong breeze, or the show's cooking
05:12segment, which kept her hands too full to keep her skirt down.
05:15Luckily, while she may have been embarrassed to let her pink underwear out for the world
05:19to see at the time, Ripa clearly found the mishap hilarious in hindsight.