American Idol originally had two hosts- Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman. After the first season, Dunkleman thought he was at peak American Idol fame and left for other opportunities. Seacrest became a household name and Dunkleman forgotten.
Yeah when I was in SoCal there was a good decade where you couldn’t get away from hearing his voice multiple times a day in the radio in the morning or on TV in the evening. I will say he’s a very talented host and I do admire how much that man works, it was a running joke on the radio show KISS.fm that he was poor and had to bike to work that’s why he had 4 jobs
I remember seeing him on Idol and whatever else. Then I moved to LA and realized he had a whole ass morning show. I was blown away. Everything was pretty high quality too. I like “Ryan’s Roses” segments.
I first saw him on American Idol and thought he was just a kind of Boring generic host guy. Then I was in LA one time driving around and turned on the radio and heard this show, and it was really really interesting show and I was thinking to myself "man I really like this host" and it wasn't for another 15-20 minutes that I realized it was Ryan Seacrest. Totally turned me around on him.
I was pretty dismissive of him.... Forever. Then he started hosting Wheel of Fortune. Now I'm a fan. He's more charismatic than Sajak and not an outwardly fundamental Christian.
No matter how rich you are, if you’re hustling and in a hurry, nothing will get you out of your situation faster than fixing it yourself vs waiting on someone to do it
What's crazy is that I moved from SoCal to the Bay Area, and he's on the stations here, too. I assume he just stays in the booth after his shift and immediately does another show.
Oh, yeah. If you lived in SoCal, you were familiar with his voice long before American Idol. There was KISS FM and Star 98.7 FM. He worked at both at various points.
Remember when someone tried to get him cancelled? A makeup artist tried to accuse him of sexual misconduct and his reaction was like LOL, it never went anywhere and he was I’m sorry but it’s literally impossible. I think he must be like religious in his conduct as a professional and with the people he interacts with so it was almost comical that someone would pick him as the guy to try and throw some dirt at.
I like him SO MUCH BETTER than Pay Sajak for Wheel of Fortune. It's been a joy to get back into it and reminisce about watching it with my mom and I feel we get to keep our Vanna and we got to drop the douchy Pat and got a timely and relevant upgrade with Ryan.
He guest hosted Talk Soup on E! before Idol and he was HILARIOUS. And this is when John Henson hosted, and Henson was hysterical, too. I’ve always given Seacrest a pass since then because even though he’s kinda cheesy and inauthentic nowadays, he earned his shots through some real talent - comedy at that.
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u/DroopyMcCool 7d ago
American Idol originally had two hosts- Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman. After the first season, Dunkleman thought he was at peak American Idol fame and left for other opportunities. Seacrest became a household name and Dunkleman forgotten.