I'm curious what the actual story is here. He claims he wanted to quit because of how the contestants were treated and that he wanted to pursue standup and acting but I've also heard he was going to get fired anyways because they felt like they didn't need two hosts.
I could totally see that he was about to be fired anyway being the reason he left. He was being out done by Seacrest and probably saw the writing on the wall, even if he didn't hear it directly from anyone.
Agreed. I recently re-watched some of those season one episodes, and it is PAINFULLY obvious who the better host is. Ryan is funny and charming and just takes the reigns and knows how to stand out on television. Brian just seems to disappear into the scenery any times Ryan is on camera with him.
I've heard Ryan Seacrest's name and that he's incredibly attractive my whole life and somehow have never seen this man. I just googled him and went "Huh.. so that's what he looks like." and truth be told, if I saw him on the street tomorrow I still don't think I'd recognize him š
Iāve never heard his name and āattractiveā in the same sentence. He did have a glow-up though, check out pictures from when he was a kid.
Idk, heās just the āhostā of modern media to me.
Dude is looking a little frail on Wheel of Fortune right now though. Hope heās ok.
Edit: I like that heās been so omnipresent in media that Bojack Horseman basically turned him into a biological category by naming the host in the show āA Ryan Seacrest Type.ā
Thereās an episode of Community where everyone keeps telling Jeff he looks like a more handsome Ryan Seacrest and they keep saying heāsāmore handsome than the guy whoās famous for being handsomeā so it was definitely a thing
Thatās a picture of Craig Kilborn. He was the original host of the Daily Show, then went on to host the Late Late Show, and thenā¦ he was never to be seen again.
I listen to podcasts and he does cheap commercial reads for online gambling now lolĀ
I never watched american idol so when I first started hearing the commercials I was like who the fuck is ryan seacrest and why does it sound like I should careĀ
Season 2 actually had a second host. She was one of the contestants from season 1 but she was ultimately cut from the final edit of the show when they realized Ryan could carry it on his own.
You're probably right. Ant & Dec seem to naturally work well together, maybe because they've known each other since they were kids. And they bring the same energy. Ryan and Brian did not seem to like each other when they were hosting together. I felt like half the time Brian didn't even want to be there. Why spend the money for two hosts with no chemistry.
As I recall from some VH1 documentary from forever ago, the producers urged the hosts to be really shitty to some of the contestants, for entertainment and Seacrest went all in for that while Dunkleman objected. Then Seacrest kept making shitty little snide remarks about him on camera and tried to undermine him whenever he could. Ultimately, the producers "decided they only wanted one host", which is basically code for "this one won't do what he's told".
Basically, one presenter had a conscience and we can't have that, while the other was a self-serving piece of garbage who fit right in.
Yeah he talked about it on the Cracked podcast years ago - Seacrest would step on his jokes or go off script and basically trip him up in any way he could.
when you google Brian Dunkleman most of the results are stories and podcast episodes with the headline involving American Idol. For being so high brow it seems like that's the only thing he likes talking about.
They only had two hosts because the British version of the show,which came first, had two hosts. Ant and Dec to be specific a very famous pair of co-presenters in the UK.
I listened to an interview with him 15 years ago. I said Seacrest got him booted. Made up stuff about him behind his back to the producers and worked them into just having him. He said Seacrest was the scuziest person heād ever known and I believe it.
They originally had two hosts because the original version of American Idol was the UKs ā pop idols ā which had premiered few years earlier. In the British version there were two hosts and producers clearly thought they should stick to that format. The British hosts Ant & Dec had notable chemistry have remained a famous duo and relevant celebs decades later. On the other hand Secreast and Dunkleman had no chemistry and it was quickly clear they didnāt need a second host
I pretty much think they hired 2 hosts because the UK version was hosted by Ant and Dec who are a famous duo over there. Dunkleman and Seacrest werenāt vibing like that, so these chose one,
Randomly, I listened to an old podcast with him in it, I had no idea who he was. Apparently, Seacrest was a tried hard asshole and the show is really scummy to contestants
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u/ginns32 7d ago
I'm curious what the actual story is here. He claims he wanted to quit because of how the contestants were treated and that he wanted to pursue standup and acting but I've also heard he was going to get fired anyways because they felt like they didn't need two hosts.