Kelly Ripa silent as memoir receives criticism for her comments about Regis Philbin

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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos leave their Upper East Side Apartment

Kelly Ripa avoids question regarding her characterization of Regis Philbin in her new book. (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos did not answer questions about the morning show host's relationships with Regis Philbin or Michael Strahan when spotted out in New York Thursday morning.

Ripa's new memoir, "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories," reveals her rocky behind-the-scenes professional relationship with Philbin. 

The former "All My Children" star wrote that she was not given the same benefits as the men she was surrounded by, and claimed she had to "earn" her place at the television show. Ripa hosted the show alongside Philbin from 2001 until he retired in 2011.

Philbin passed away after suffering a heart attack in 2020.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos leave their Upper East Side Apartment on Thursday. (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

Kelly Ripa is drawing criticism after what some see as her disrespecting Regis Philbin in her new book. (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

KELLY RIPA CONTROVERSIES: REGIS PHILBIN WASN'T THE ONLY ‘LIVE!’ CO-HOST IN TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH TV ANCHOR

The morning show host wrote a memoir detailing her professional career. The book is titled, "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories." (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

Kelly Ripa's new book details her tumultuous professional relationship with the late Regis Philbin. (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

"I don't want to feel like I'm slamming anyone or that I'm being disrespectful," she told People magazine about her recollection of working with Philbin. "But I also want people to know it was not a cakewalk. It took years to earn my place there and earn things that are routinely given to the men I worked with."

The book has been met with criticism. Kathie Lee Gifford, another of Philbin's former co-hosts, noted she believes in "freedom of expression," but will not be reading Ripa's book.

"I’m a big believer in freedom of expression. I don’t believe we’re supposed to cancel anybody. She has the right to tell her story as she remembers it," Gifford exclusively told Fox News Digital.

"My experience with Regis was one of the greatest experiences of my entire life," Gifford said. "I worked with him for 15 years. We never had one unkind word between us."

Kelly Ripa did not answer any questions about Regis Philbin or her other former co-host Michael Strahan. (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

Kelly Ripa's book was criticized by Katie Lee Gifford, who previously hosted "Live!" with Regis Philbin.  (Credit: 247PapsOfficial/Splash News for Fox News Digital)

KATHIE LEE GIFFORD SUPPORTS ‘GREAT FRIEND’ REGIS PHILBIN AMID KELLY RIPA DRAMA

Gifford appeared alongside Philbin on "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee" beginning in 1985. She left the program in 2000.

Despite her tumultuous experience working with Philbin professionally, Ripa recalled enjoying her time with the TV show host in the real world.

"Off camera and outside of that building, it was a different thing," according to Ripa. "The handful of times we spent together, I so enjoyed. We went to the same resort once on vacation, and he came to a dinner I hosted – one of the favorite nights of my life. I never laughed so hard."

Kathie Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin reunited on the "Today" show in 2012. (Peter Kramer/NBC)

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Kelly Ripa found out Michael Strahan, seen here in 2012, was leaving the show just minutes before he announced the departure live on air. (Donna Svennevik/Disney)

Philbin is not the only co-host Ripa seemingly had issues with behind the scenes.

Michael Strahan is notably missing from her book, despite having been by her side on "Live!" for four years beginning in 2012. He abruptly left the program for a hosting gig on "Good Morning America."

Their tumultuous relationship ended in 2016 when Strahan announced his resignation from the show. Ripa found out about Strahan's choice to leave only minutes before the announcement aired.

He told New York Times Magazine in 2020 that he was never treated as an equal, and thought he was hired to be "a partner," not "a sidekick."

"When it was time to go, it was time to go. Certain things that were going on behind the scenes just caught up," he said.

Kelly Ripa, seen here in 2005, recently wrote in her memoir that her working relationship with Regis Philbin was not easy. (Gregory Pace)

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Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.