Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Usher in New Era of ‘Live’ on 1st Episode Since Ryan Seacrest’s Exit: ‘The Future Starts Now’

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In Ripa’s post, she shared an adorable video featuring various pictures of her and her husband throughout the years.“27 years … in 27 seconds!” the talk show host captioned the video. “Happy Anniversary to my beloved @Instasuelos. #TimeFlies.”She also included some snaps of memories with their three children: Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 20.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, as the couple is ringing in their 27th anniversary! «27 years … in 27 seconds! Happy Anniversary to my beloved @Instasuelos. #TimeFlies» Ripa shared Monday on Instagram, alongside a slideshow of photos highlighting memorable moments throughout their marriage. Consuelos, meanwhile, posted a still image of the couple kissing with the caption: «Happy Anniversary to my fave @kellyripa ..27 years!!!!!»The co-hosts, both 52, met in 1995 when they co-starred together on the popular soap opera , and eloped in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996. They share three children — Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19.  A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa)A post shared by Mark Consuelos (@instasuelos)Last month, the  star made his debut as the full-time co-host alongside his wife on after Ryan Seacrest officially exited the showIn a recent interview on SiriusXM’s , he was asked what topics are off limits when he and his wife are on the air.

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married the 6-foot-4-inch, brown-haired, blue-eyed man she met working at an ad agency in her 20s, she thought he would be her greatest support as her career grew. Instead, he became a thorn in her side. The pair ultimately ended up at different agencies, but their professional lives were closely intertwined and they often worked on the same accounts.

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A perfect match on screen — and off! Kelly Ripa couldn’t be more proud of husband Mark Consuelos for nailing their first week of Live With Kelly and Mark.

occasionally pre-recorded episodes of “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” sometimes in order to accommodate the “American Idol” host’s busy schedule splitting time between New York City and Los Angeles. Ripa and Seacrest would most commonly tape a Friday episode prior to broadcast — something they did for Seacrest’s final episode last week. Given that this Friday’s installment of “Live with Kelly and Mark” has likely been pre-recorded, it appears Ripa and Consuelos will work just three days this week.

they did “partner yoga” together — and made some NSFW jokes in the process. The team challenge comes after recent criticisms that the new co-hosts already have been showing too much PDA on the daytime talk show.Before they got into the exercise, Ripa asked her husband if he was a regular yoga practicer – to which he said he thinks about taking it sometimes, but never actually does it.“I think I could be bendy, but I think I could be bendier, do you know what I mean?” Ripa said.“Yeah,” Consuelos said in response, flashing her and the audience a grin and a nod.“I’m flexy, but I’m not as flexible as I should be,” Ripa continued as the audience erupted into laughter.

Partners in life — and in work! Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos soaked up some quality time together before officially beginning their cohosting duties on Live.

Angelique Jackson Monday morning started out just like any other day for Ryan Seacrest. The alarm went off at 5:45 a.m. and he got straight to work. Except this time, he wasn’t in New York City leaving for the “Live With Kelly and Ryan” studio, where he’d do “Host Chat” perched next to Kelly Ripa. Instead, he threw off the covers and leaned into a microphone at his bedside to start “On Air With Ryan Seacrest” on Los Angeles’ KIIS-FM. You see, last Friday marked his final episode of “Live,” and after six years of working six jobs at once, life as he knew it had changed. “The benefit of radio is I can do it remotely,” Seacrest says. “I will be able to jump out of bed, slip into my Uggs, make my coffee and be on the radio. And flip on ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ in the background while I’m on air.”

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one fan fumed on Twitter.“So you guys will talk about your marriage and life at home all morning,” another moaned. “Maybe you two need a reality show.”A third chimed in, stating: “Kelly Ripa is an a–hole playing her husband snoring. I’m so done with this show.”“It can’t be more obvious that Kelly and Mark don’t do their homework to talk about more current events.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' relationship book. The pair co-hosted their first episode of, and the handsome new host says he was excited by the opportunity.The real-life husband and wife — who now co-host the popular daytime talk show following the recent departure of Ripa's former co-host Ryan Seacrest — spoke with ET's Rachel Smith on Monday following their debut.«I was very excited to see so many close friends and family and have an audience today, which is, really, live,» Consuelos shared.

tapped to replace Ryan Seacrest, 48, who exited the program after seven seasons. “Live With Kelly and Ryan” has been rebranded as “Live With Kelly and Mark,” with millions tuning in Monday morning to see how the real-life lovebirds would go while sharing the screen.Consuelos has frequently filled in as Ripa’s male co-host over the years, but one Twitter user claimed he appeared jittery during his official debut.“Mark, lighten up please,” they declared. “You seem so nervous.

The start of something new. Kelly Ripa joked that retiring from Live is always on her mind as husband Mark Consuelos prepares to step in as cohost.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent For more than 22 years, Kelly Ripa has had a few “TV husbands” — but today, her real-life husband, Mark Consuelos, becomes her official co-host on “Live.” Ripa and Consuelos have been married for nearly 27 years, and have worked together for their entire relationship. But they never planned for it to be that way. The couple first met in the ’90s on the soap opera “All My Children.” From the day Ripa became co-host of “Live With Regis and Kelly” in 2001, Consuelos would appear on the talk show, whether it be as a guest co-host or for a Valentine’s Day special, and America has watched their three now-adult children grow up on television. They have acted together on each other’s shows, playing lovers on the sitcom “Hope & Faith” and the CW’s “Riverdale.” And they run their own production company together, Milojo, which takes after the first two letters of their children’s names: Michael, Lola and Joaquin.

Ripa told USA Today on Thursday, just after Seacrest’s big finale was taped, that his goodbye was “very, extraordinarily emotional” and the two of them would probably cry — though they vowed not to.“Like, ‘No, you’re gonna cry.’ ‘No, I’m not gonna cry. You’re gonna cry,” Ripa said. “And then we were like, ‘Nobody’s going to cry. Because if we start crying, then our parents will cry, and your sister will cry. We’re going to keep it together. We’re going to keep it professional.’”But they couldn’t even hold it together off-stage before the taping.“We were backstage waiting for Déjà (Vu Parker) to make the final announcement, and I looked at him, and we just locked eyes,” Ripa shared. “And I was like, ‘Oh my gosh! This sucks!’ And then we both started crying, and I was like, ‘No! No! We are not crying before we get out there.

Kelly Ripa revealed to ET's Rachel Smith what she said to Ryan Seacrest right before they stepped out to film his last show on . And while it wasn't anything elegant — her words! — it succinctly described exactly how she felt in the moment.ET was with Ripa and Seacrest at ABC Studios in New York City as they filmed his last show, which aired Friday, and it was undoubtedly an emotional day, especially for Seacrest, who called  home for nearly six years.