rss feed facebook  pinterest twitter

Central Park Boathouse, Kelly Ripa style

kelly-ripa-smOne of my absolute favorite TV people, Kelly Ripa, is at the boathouse in Central Park, doing a photo opp and some interviews for a great fundraiser with Electrolux supporting ovarian cancer research, a virtual lemonade stand.  I’m sitting here waiting for my turn to interview her, wondering what to talk about. I’ll probably only have about five minutes, they said her schedule is really tight.

The paparazzi are cracking me up.  They’ve rented a couple of boats and are jockeying for position.  Kelly is being very accommodating, turning to pose for them, waving at them, and of course making some jokes at their expense.  How could she not? I guess when you live with it all the time, the only way to stay sane is to have a sense of humor about it.

photogs-2-sm















Originally posted on Selfish MomAll opinions expressed on this website come straight from Amy unless otherwise noted. Please visit Amy’s Full Disclosure page for more information.

If you liked that, then you might think that these are awesome:

Comments
Note From Amy: Please join the discussion. All opinions are welcome, but if I sense that you are commenting only to take advantage of my link-love generosity your comment may be posted with the links removed. Any comments that are abusive or off-topic may be removed. Posting a link to a post on your own site is OK as long as it is relevant and furthers the discussion. To make commenting easier, please log in or register (before typing your comment, so that you don't lose it). For more information on comments please see my comment policy.


6 Responses to “Central Park Boathouse, Kelly Ripa style”

  1. ab on June 9th, 2009 9:50 am
    1

    I love Kelly! I think she’s great – funny, self-deprecating, hard working and not at all pretentious.

  2. - E on June 9th, 2009 5:42 pm
    2

    Ironically, I was at the boathouse 3 weekends ago. It was my first time in CP in like 6 years lol PS – The burgers they have at the boathouse are surprisingly tasty and very non-greasy. They gave me 3 boats of fries (I asked for only 1) cause it was the end of the day. 8-)

  3. Amy on June 9th, 2009 5:47 pm
    3

    @ab – Whenever I see her, I just want to quote Jack from Will & Grace, “‘Cause she’s Kelly, and she’s Ripa. She’s Kelly Ripa.” Complete with head bobbing back and forth. But she’d probably call someone over to escort me out.

  4. Amy on June 9th, 2009 5:47 pm
    4

    @- E – Wait, I missed an opportunity for free fries? I must go back! :-)

  5. - E on June 10th, 2009 1:20 am
    5

    @Amy – On Sunday they stop serving food at the boathouse at 5:30ish – that’s when they either give away or dump the fries I found out ;-) hehe

  6. My Frigidaire dishwasher has given me back an hour a day | Selfish Mom on March 12th, 2010 5:54 pm
    6

    [...] ordinary appliance delivery guys, they were event staging guys.  If you’ve ever seen Kelly Ripa standing in the middle of Central Park in a full kitchen, chances are good that these are the guys who got the kitchen there.  Still, my little brownstone [...]

Selfish Mom is Stephen Fry proof thanks to caching by WP Super Cache