{"id":167783,"date":"2025-05-12T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/ryan-seacrest-says-hes-never-been-more-depressed-to-be-single\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:59:46","slug":"ryan-seacrest-says-hes-never-been-more-depressed-to-be-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/ryan-seacrest-says-hes-never-been-more-depressed-to-be-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Seacrest Says He&#8217;s &#8216;Never Been More Depressed to Be Single&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ryan-seacrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ryan Seacrest<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0made reference to his long-term bachelor status on <em>American Idol,<\/em> joking that a romantic performance by <strong>Thunderstorm Artis<\/strong> made him feel \u201cdepressed\u201d about being single.<\/p>\n<p>The 50-year-old host of the talent show juggernaut was emotionally moved by the original song Artis, who has now made it to the final five of the show\u2019s 23rd season, performed for his wife on Sunday, May 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell done,\u201d said Seacrest, clutching a sheet of paper. \u201cIt is a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics. I just printed them out backstage. \u2018Your green eyes are soft like the summer and your touch can put out the embers of my burning heart from that grey December.\u2019 I\u2019ve never been more depressed to be single than right now in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song, \u201cOut of the Blue\u201d, which Artis performed as a Mother\u2019s Day tribute to wife <strong>Faith<\/strong>, with whom he shares two sons, was universally praised by the <em>American Idol<\/em> judging panel too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are about to turn your thunderstorm into a tornado,\u201d said <strong>Lionel Richie<\/strong>. \u201cIt is clear to me that if you\u2019re writing those lyrics and you\u2019re writing those melodies, you have what we call a career \u2026 The sky\u2019s the limit for you, my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Bryan<\/strong> said: \u201cWe\u2019re so comfortable with what you are as a songwriter \u2026 you\u2019re just checking all those boxes to where we can just sit back and enjoy the Thunderstorm show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrie Underwood<\/strong> was also full of compliments for the 29-year-old Hawaii resident, who previously placed third on <em>The Voice<\/em> in 2020. \u201cYou are an artist,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019ve brought some really amazing songs to us already throughout your time with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Ortis also performed \u201cColors of the Wind\u201d from <em>Pocahontas<\/em> on Sunday\u2019s live show, as part of the evening\u2019s Disney theme.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/ryan-seacrest-model-aubrey-paige-petcoskys-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/ryan-seacrest-model-aubrey-paige-petcoskys-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Ryan Seacrest and Model Aubrey Paige Petcosky&#8217;s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tRyan Seacrest has been notoriously private about his relationships, but he let down his walls a little with ex-girlfriend Aubrey Paige. Us Weekly exclusively confirmed the American Idol host\u2019s romance with the model, whose full name is Aubrey Paige Petcosky, in June 2021. \u201c[They are] very happy together and doing great,\u201d an insider told Us [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although Seacrest is currently single, he has been linked to numerous stars and models over the years, including <strong>Sara Jean Underwood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/julianne-hough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julianne Hough<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Shayna Taylor<\/strong>. His longest recent relationship was with model <strong>Aubrey Paige<\/strong>: they started dating in 2021 but the couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ryan-seacrest-and-girlfriend-aubrey-paige-split-after-3-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke up<\/a> in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The star has admitted in the past that marriage and kids appeal to him thanks to the strong role models in his own family. \u201cI think having kids at the right time would be great,\u201d he said during an April 2022 episode of <em>Live<\/em>. \u201cI have a fantastic family, a very small family. I have a niece; [my sister] Meredith has a daughter. My parents have been married 52 and a half years, so that\u2019s a high bar. So that\u2019s in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ryan-seacrest-says-hes-never-been-more-depressed-to-be-single\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Seacrest\u00a0made reference to his long-term bachelor status on American Idol, joking that a romantic performance by Thunderstorm Artis made him feel \u201cdepressed\u201d about being single. The 50-year-old host of the talent show juggernaut was emotionally moved by the original song Artis, who has now made it to the final five of the show\u2019s 23rd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-167783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}