On Air with Ryan Seacrest 2009-02-18
In today’s show, Ryan talked to Nick Cannon who is going to host America’s Got Talent. Ryan talked to him about how he got the gig and how many different things he does. Ryan warned him what to expect talking to contestants at auditions around the country: “you speak to every single contestant and they use three conversations … and they use a bite that says ‘Really?’”
In the sleaze, Ellen explained that President Obama and his wife are having to give up their traditional Friday night date night because of White House engagements. They used to get together no matter where they were. Ryan got down to business and asked the important question … is there a secret service agent listening outside their bedroom door and if so, what do they do to block out noise that might be mistaken for pain. Sometimes I love Ryan. Maybe he can ask about it next time one of them is on his show!
Also Ryan talked about a connection he’d discovered between The Bachelor and the Oscars while doing some research for E! Ryan doesn’t watch The Bachelor, but some friends had been talking about the epic finale and from the promos he knows that the guy doesn’t own any shirts because he spends a lot of time rolling around without his shirt on (Ryan… if you want to take your shirt off on Idol, we’re really not going to complain.) He played a clip with cheesy guitar music from The Bachelor and a clip from the Oscar nomination for Vicky Cristina Barcelona with similarly cheesy guitar music. More important than whether this is the same guitarist, I want to know what happened to the UK version of The Bachelor? I used to love that show! 3am on Thursday mornings haven’t been the same since. Judges’ Houses on The X Factor channels The Bachelor a little, which is probably why that’s one of my favourite parts of that show. Anyway … according to one of Ryan’s callers, the big thing that’s coming up in The Bachelor relates to the girl who kicked him off last season (Ryan had already explained that this guy was a contestant on The Bachelorette last year) who is coming back in to say she made a huge mistake.
The Oscars this weekend and Ryan is going to see the sexiest man alive tomorrow and will get some gossip. Talking to the mirror? He’s also going to talk to Hugh Jackman. Mickey Rourke, who’s dog Loki sadly died this week, had an 80lb suitcase going through Heathrow, and it was full of shoes. That sounds like a lot of shoes! Is he friendly with Kanye West? The dreaded V Day got a mention again, but this time the more interesting subjects of which couples broke up and Ryan’s mom sending him a card! That’s so cute! He said he doesn’t read the printed words in cards, which is fair enough — it’s the words that a person writes themselves which are most genuine.
He was also talking about American Idol and yesterday’s technical problem when a tape failed to run showing a frozen shot of Stevie Wright instead of Brent Keith’s VT. It’s fun to hear the chaos that’s happening off stage. Debbie the stage manager said it was unintelligible when everyone was shouting at once. There was something about English accents too, but I couldn’t make out what she said :p
Ryan answered a caller’s question about a moment when Ann Marie walked in on Idol yesterday
“I don’t remember grabbing myself, but I remember Ann Marie, she walked in and she sat down, and she had just finished her song and commented about sitting down on something hard. I was dying to say something but I actually try to filter it because I know that kids are watching the show otherwise I would have said something that popped into my head.” “It took all the self-discipline in the world to not say what I wanted to say.” Ryan wouldn’t say it on air either (not that he needed to…), but he did say that the three contestants that make it through will be on his show tomorrow.
