On Air with Ryan Seacrest 2010-08-19

Nigel Lythgoe

The testosterone count was a little lower today and Ryan sounded skeptical about Ellen’s comment about being surrounded by men, saying that one of the men was a little light on his loafers. ~~Has Ryan been taking dancing lessons?~~

Once Nigel got his microphone working, Ryan asked him if he was officially the producer of American Idol. Nigel confirmed that he’s one of the executive producers, asking Ryan if he thought he’d be there if he wasn’t … just popped in to say hi.

Ryan asked Nigel about a question he’s often asked: whether the country’s been tapped for talent. Nigel agreed with Ryan that it’s not true, adding that more people join the pool of available talent each year. Nigel pointed out that there are a lot of people auditioning this year and although that doesn’t necessarily relate to the amount of talent, he hopes that by opening a few more oysters they’ll find a few more pearls. Ellen admired Nigel’s description, though Ryan joked that he’s coming out with the one-liners how he’s had a little fame with SYTYCD … generously adding that Nigel’s very masculine in comparison to Shankman! Nigel reminded Ryan that he was talking about the man who proposed to him on live TV.

The conversation turned to judges, with Ellen asking if Ryan will just do the show alone. Ryan asked Nigel for the official word on judges: he’s not at liberty to even talk about who they’re negotiating with while negotiations are ongoing but the decision will probably have to be made within the next three weeks. He added that the decisions are made but they still have to reach agreement with the stars.

Nigel was pleased to be back, and it seems Ryan was pleased to see him from Ellen’s description of the bear hug he gave Nigel.

Terry Crews

Yesterday Ryan talked to Sylvester Stallone about The Expendables and social media, and today he said his cast mates want to put pressure on Sly to join twitter. Ryan wants to follow Sly and tweet his workouts.

Chelsea Handler

Chelsea announced that she’s the host of the MTV VMAs. Ryan talked to her about the people from the show and this photo:

After the interview, Ryan talked about Chelsea being a good choice for MTV saying some of the celebrities she talks about will be there but people seem to like her.

Perks of the job

When Ryan hosted Gladiators 2000, he had two perks of the job: he filmed in the studio next to Rosanne and he got free tennis shoes.

Jessica Szohr

Jessica was on to talk about Piranha 3D and Ryan talked to Roger from security who attended the premiere yesterday — and talked to celebrities on the red carpet on Ryan’s behalf.

Ryan’s sticky ball

Ryan was having a little trouble with a sticky ball which would only go side to side and refused to go down on him. Corinne suggested that he cleaned it with hand sanitizer, which seemed to do the trick … he can get a little practice in once more.