‘Bachelor’ Joey Graziadei Gets Booed For Being Clueless?

Bachelor Joey Graziadei appeared on Live with Kelly and Mark and he gave Kelly Ripa the wrong answer about Kathy Lee Gifford. 24 years ago, Kathy Lee left Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee. She’d worked with Regis Philbin since 1985. So Mark Consuelos’ wife seemed unhappy with Season 28’s lead star. Read on to find out what happened.

Bachelor Fans Got To Know Joey Graziadei

Season 28 brought in the runner-up from Season 20 of The Bachelorette. Quickly, fans heard that he was raised in Pennsylvania, played tennis at West Chester University, and later became a tennis coach in Hawaii. His parents, Nick and Cathy, welcomed their son in 1995. That makes him 28 years old. So, he was about five years old when Kathie Lee Gifford left the Live show.

Live with Kelly and Mark invited Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist on their morning talk show. However, it’s not the first time that the ABC show hosted Bachelor Nation couples. Kathie Lee Gifford is known for many a talk show, movies, books, awards, and more. In fact, today’s Hoda Kotb would like to see Kathie Lee on The Golden Bachelorette. So, it seems pretty normal that Live Kelly Ripa would ask Joey Graziadei a question about her.

Live Kelly Ripa Shoots Joey A Question He Can’t Answer

Monsters and Critics reported that Kelly Ripa and her audience seemed shocked at the cluelessness of the man. It all went down when Kelly asked the Bachelor lead about Kathie.

There’s been talk that Kathie Lee Gifford will be The Golden Bachelorette. Any thoughts on that?

In the awkward pause that followed, Joey Graziadei swallowed, looking thoughtful. Then, he leaned forward and seemed a bit embarrassed. He said, “I’ll be honest, I have no idea who Kathie Lee Gifford is.” Well, Mark Consuelos’ wife seemed shattered by his sort of “Kathie Who?” reply. Even worse, the audience started booing him for how clueless he was.

The Live with Kelly and Mark host wasn’t about to let The Bachelor get away with that, even though she and Kathie Lee Gifford seem to be at odds with each other. She berated him. He protested that he’s only 28 years old, so she reminded him that there was something called a “Google machine.” Then, she instructed him to go and check it out.

Some people criticized The Bachelor lead, but others thought Kelly Ripa made too much of him not knowing Kathie Lee Gifford.

joey getting boo’d for not knowing who kathie lee gifford is on live tv is hilarious. why would you think that a 28 year old man would know who that is??? this man is cute and dumb, let him be! #thebachelor #bachelornation pic.twitter.com/WqocIRHfn2

— reality steph🌹 (@realitybysteph) February 21, 2024

On platform X, @Wlf1Zen defended Joey Joey Graziadei:

When asked by Kelly Ripa his thoughts about the rumor that Kathie Lee Gifford will be the #GoldenBachelorette Joey said he had no idea who KLG is and that made me love him even more! #TheBachelor

Some people seem to think it’s silly to expect a young man who clearly isn’t addicted to his screen to know about a 71-year-old host who left Live 24 years ago. What are your thoughts? Sound off in the comments below, and come back here for all your Bachelor news.

James Michael works mainly in the transport Industry but loves to write about reality TV characters and the fans who follow them.

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