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Kelly Ripais thankfulSarah Michelle Gellarchose not to listen to her brutally honest career advice.
During Monday’s episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan, Ripa recalled to co-hostRyan Seacresthow she previously advised Gellar against making a cross-country move to pursue her acting dreams in Hollywood.
“I’m so glad Sarah Michelle Gellar did not listen to me,” Ripa, 52, said of the actress, who laterappeared as a gueston Monday’s episode. “Because many years ago, when she was onAll My Childrenand leaving, she said, ‘I’m going out to California.’ And I said, ‘What? There’s nothing in California. What are you talking about? You don’t want to go out to California as a young starlet. What do you think? You think you’re going to become a star? You’re going to stay here where the work is! Theater! Television!'”
The two stars have been friends since meeting as costars onAll My Children. Even though Ripa once discouraged her colleague and pal’s career aspirations, she’s happy Gellar instead went with her gut.
“She was like, ‘You’re wrong,'” Ripa recounted. “And I’m so glad she didn’t listen. She did it! She was like, ‘Hold my beer, I’m going to go be a star.'”
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Next up, she’s taking on the supernatural world in her new Parmount+ dramaWolf Pack, whichThe Hollywood Reporternotedis being “pitched as aBuffydescendent.”
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Gellar notably took a break from the industry for quite some time before returning in the well-received Netflix last year’s dark-humored comedyDo Revenge, which had hints ofCruel Intentions.
“To come back, to get projects made, you have to pay homage to what you’re known for,” Gellar also told the news outlet. “If I do things that speak to the fan base — which I think these will — and gather some new people along the way, maybe I branch out again.”
“It’s not a next act for me, but it’s certainly a new chapter,” she added.
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Wolf Packpremieres Thursday on Parmount+.
source: people.com
