Kelly Ripa Teases Ryan Seacrest About Spelling Skills After 'Wheel Of Fortune' Gaffe

LOADINGERROR LOADINGKelly Ripa ribbed her former colleague, Ryan Seacrest, after a recent flub at his new job as host of “Wheel of Fortune.”The daytime talk show star couldn’t help but tease her former co-host when he appeared on ABC’s “Live with Kelly and Mark” to promote his new children’s book, “The Make-Believers,” with his sister and co-author, Meredith Seacrest Leach, on Monday.Advertisement Inquiring about his new gig, Ripa playfully asked Seacrest, “Tell me about ‘Wheel of Fortune’ now.Have you learned how to spell?”Although the former soap opera actor was joking, others did wonder about Seacrest’s spelling skills after he made a minor flub while hosting the game show last week.On Friday, the TV veteran seemed to freeze for a second after a contestant correctly solved one of the evening’s puzzles.Instead of instantly congratulating the competitor for his winning answer, Seacrest offered an awkward pause before co-host Vanna White cut through his silence with some light clapping.Advertisement Kelly Ripa ribbed her friend and former colleague, Ryan Seacrest, while he stopped by "Live with Kelly and Mark" with sister Meredith Seacrest Leach on Monday.Live with Kelly and MarkUpon White’s signal, the game show host replied, “Cody? That’s it!”Laughing off the incident during his stop by “Live with Kelly and Mark,” Seacrest admitted he doesn’t “text well,” something he said Ripa knows all too well.“But on the puzzles I’m OK,” he added.

“I kind of know where we’re going with the puzzles.”“Because you have the answer in front of you, don’t you?” Ripa quipped.The former “American Idol” host shrugged and smiled as he replied, “I mean, either in my head or in front of me.It’s somewhere.”Support Free JournalismConsider supporting HuffPost starting at $2 to help us provide free, quality journalism that puts people first.Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free ac...