Ringo won’t chat with Regis
Ringo Starr is known for being the amiable Beatle, but the rock star showed his tough side Tuesday when he walked off the set of “Live With Regis and Kelly” rather than cut short one of his songs.
Starr, who is promoting his new album, “Liverpool 8,” planned to perform the title song with fellow rocker Dave Stewart. However, due to miscommunication between his publicist, Elizabeth Freund, and the musical director, Starr didn’t realize the performance had to be 2 1/2 minutes or less, Freund said later.
“We offered to cut back our chat time and asked them to fade or go to commercial. They were not willing to do that, and Ringo was not willing to cut it further, so without a compromise we were not able to stay,” Freund said.
With Starr absent, fashion designer Michael Kors and the winners of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” did extra segments to fill his time.
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