Kelly Ripa Says She and Mark Consuelos Are 'Taking a Vow of Chastity' Ahead of Co-Hosting 'Live'

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.

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.

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.

The show must go on! Kelly Ripa hilariously laughed off a wardrobe malfunction while dancing on the Tuesday, April 18, episode of Live With Kelly and Mark. 

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.

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.

No backing out! Mark Consuelos made his official debut as wife Kelly Ripa‘s cohost on Monday, April 17 — with a few special guests in the audience.

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.

Ryan Seacrest couldn’t leave his talk show without giving co-host Kelly Ripa an emotional goodbye.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos haven’t been afraid to tackle trickier conversations during their 27 years of marriage.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Mark Consuelos doesn’t mind hand-me-downs from Ryan Seacrest. Consuelos tells me he’s inheriting Seacrest’s dressing room when “Live With Kelly and Ryan” becomes “Live With Kelly and Mark” on April 17. “I’m no dummy,” Consuelos says on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “Ryan is very fancy — he’s got fancy stuff.” At the same time it was announced in February that Seacrest was leaving “Live,” it was revealed that Consuelos will replace him as his wife Kelly Ripa’s co-host on the syndicated daytime talk show. “The first conversations started with like, ‘That is the worst idea ever,’”

Kelly Ripa is preparing a few surprises up her sleeve for her co-host Ryan Seacrest in their last week of co-hosting together.

Kelly Ripa is poking some fun at the Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes scandal.

Kelly Ripa promises there will be no funny business when her husband, Mark Consuelos, becomes her “Live” co-host.

Before Mark Consuelos joins wife Kelly Ripa as a full-time Live cohost, they’ve learned a few lessons from Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ messy affair scandal.

Making a change. Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest and Mark Consuelos have have been candid about the future of ABC’s Live as the show prepares for some big shifts.

Kelly Ripa didn’t have it easy in those early days of Live!