Why?Why add this? Ryan Seacrest: Those things are important. You’ve been doing American Idol for 21 years. But before I do, I mean, you do and have for a long time done a five hour radio talk show every day. And I want to go into it in a little more depth. The idea was to build multimedia content, creative spaces inside children’s hospitals that are fishbowls where the patients and their families can come to interact and really come alive inside the hospital. And then I asked myself the question, “What if? And is it possible for kids at some point to actually look forward to coming to receive treatment at a hospital? And what would draw that excitement out of them?” So the idea is, I talked with my mom, my dad and my sister that night at dinner, we were all together. A real destination within inside the walls of the hospital. Or reasons to get up out of their bed and even walk down the hallway.” And as I left, it really resonated with me that potentially there is an idea here that we could create a nucleus. And the story I heard most often was, “My son, my daughter run out of things to do or things to look forward to. And after I would visit some of the patients, I’d spend time with their parents. What is it? And why did you do it? Ryan Seacrest: So through my work, I had spent time in different children’s hospitals around the country. But I want to start with Seacrest Studios, which Tom introduced to his son, but got an experience of it. We have a lot of questions about this guy, which we’ll get to in a minute. Alan Murray: Well, it’s great to have you here. She had her hair done, but she’s fine right there. Alan Murray: Well, we can put a chair up here for you. She… Alan Murray: It’s, like, I can’t ask you a tough question.

Alan Murray: Would you like to stand up? Ryan Seacrest: Are you going to chime in? Connie, my mom, is here.

Ryan Seacrest: By the way, bragger about all those interviews. Alan Murray: That is a particular pressure tactic. This is the first time I’ve had to do an interview in front of the interviewees’ mother. I gotta tell you, I have done hundreds of interviews at these Fortune events. Ryan Seacrest: I’m very happy to be interviewed and not having to ask the questions. Watch the video interview or read the transcript below.Īlan Murray: Ryan, thank you so much for being here. Vanna White is reportedly still negotiating her contract to return to the show. Following his departure from Live with Kelly and Ryan earlier this year, it was announced that Seacrest would replace Pat Sajak, who has been the host of Wheel of Fortune since 1981.

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