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Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

Susan Lucci: I Am Erica Kane and You Are A Filthy Beast!

Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

SiriusXM Podcasts and Poppy Media, LLC

Kelly Ripa, Celebrity, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Kellyripa, Kelly, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.73.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The iconic Susan Lucci joins Kelly in the studio, aka Michael’s bedroom, to discuss what it was like for her to FINALLY break her Emmy streak after 19 nominations for her role as Erica Kane on All My Children. The duo share their favorite off the wall storylines for their characters, Erica and Haley, and Susan breaks down the famous scene with the grizzly bear. PLUS, stick around for a very special announcement… and Susan shares if she’s ready to find love again. Be sure to check out Susan’s new memoir, La Lucci.

Transcript

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0:00.0

She asked me, she said, so, Susan, how do you feel about this? So we're going to have a

0:06.2

grizzly bear and you're going to just yell at this grizzly bear and you're going to fight

0:11.7

the grizzly bear and you're going to win. Stop. Amazing. I said, Jackie, you know I will try

0:17.9

anything in rehearsal. Yeah. Okay, I'll try. But do you think we've gone

0:22.7

too far? Somebody got to cue me or do I cue myself? To yourself. Okay. Hey, everybody, we're back

0:29.8

with another episode of Let's Talk Off Camera, so let's get talking. Oh, boys. Listen up, listeners.

0:39.0

And I don't mean maybe we've got a big show, epic show, iconic show, legendary show.

0:45.9

This show has finally elevated Michael's bedroom.

0:50.2

We've got a fancy chair.

0:53.7

Fancy.

0:54.6

I sprayed room spray because we had some friends of our staying in this room.

1:02.2

They came in from out of town.

1:04.3

And when they left, the entire room smelled like a latter day brewery.

1:10.1

I would say a wine shop, but not the right kind of wine. Uh, our friends like to come in from out of town. They stay here now because they know we're empty nesters. So every bedroom is always occupied. I don't, I don't know what I think I'm doing here, but I apparently I'm

1:29.1

running a hotel for wayward travelers. But they really do like to, they like to come and booze

1:34.5

it up. I guess this is a boozy place. I forget. So listen, listeners, today, like I said, a legend

1:41.4

is joining us, a New York Times best-selling author, an Emmy winner.

1:46.8

A fucking Emmy winner, Jan.

1:48.8

Fuck a fucking Emmy winner.

1:50.5

Well deserved.

1:51.1

That's right.

1:52.0

Let me repeat it again.

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