Live with Regis and Kelly: has anyone met Kelly Ripa? Is she?!

Live with Regis and Kelly: has anyone met Kelly Ripa? Is she?

genuine or really phoney?

I've never met her but I've heard from people who have and they say she's genuine and sweet.

As far as lightening her hair, she did that for many years before "Live!". She said that she learned you shouldn't dye your hair when you're pregnant, that it’s bad for the fetus, so she stopped while she was pregnant with Lola, the same time she started working at “Live!”. She’s said that new research has shown that these fears are unfounded so she continued dying her hair while pregnant with her third child, Joaquin.