Ryan wants to eat bugs from a pan
In a feature on Emmy-worthy reality television hosts in The Envelope ahead of The Emmy nominations next month, Ryan was asked about his biggest faux pas, his pre-show rituals, which other show he’d like to host, and who he thinks is the greatest host of all time.
Ryan said his biggest faux pas was his hair colour in the first season of American Idol, though some of his wardrobe choices seemed to be on his mind too. At least his hair colour was memorable; people still describe him as blond!
Apparently not so superstitious, Ryan didn’t own up to any pre-show rituals, saying instead that he prefers to go live from a conversation or time making out with his Blackberry sending email from his Blackberry so he doesn’t have time to get nervous.
There’s only one place Ryan could go after the glitz and glam of American Idol: out into the wilds.
I’m a natural for “Survivor.” I think when people see me in the suits and on that shiny floor, they think I look out of place and that I should be in the wilderness for months eating bugs from a pan.
I can totally see that. I can see Ryan trying bugs if they’re served up at a nice restaurant; out in the wilderness for more than an hour or two, well, I’m happy he was joking.
The question that caused Ryan the most difficulty was who’s the greatest host of all time, but he narrowed it down to five: Larry King, Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson and Regis Philbin.
Read the article: Tom Bergeron, Ryan Seacrest, Julie Chen and Jeff Probst talk reality-show host realities
