Anyone who has ever lived with a teenaged girl knows that it is pretty much the worst, and Ripa is no different. The Live! With Michael and Kelly star explained the misery to Letterman last night and broke out her best impression of her 13-year-old daughter to boot.
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Kelly Ripa impersonates her teen daughter
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Ripa does bring up a generations-old mystery: How does every teen female talk like a valley girl despite the vast majority never having ever set foot in the actual San Fernando Valley, from whence the dialect originated?
And in case you didn't get her "Moon Beam" reference (actually Moon Unit Zappa), this is what she was talking about.
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Moon Unit Zappa performs "Valley Girl"
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