Home sweet talk show! Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa felt at ease during their first Live With Kelly and Mark show on Monday, April 17.
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Kelly Ripa didn’t have it easy in those early days of Live!
The longtime actress and on-air personality began co-hosting the popular daytime TV program alongside veteran Regis Philbin back in 2001, of course. And she’s still going strong over there today!! But as we are now learning, the 52-year-old host’s first few years working on the Live! set with Regis and the entire crew wasn’t an easy experience.
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Kelly sat down with Variety this week for their Power of Women series. Along with gracing one of the entertainment industry mag’s five female-led covers for the issue, she opened up about what Live! life was like in those very early, not-so-halcyon days of her turn on the show.
First, and most notably, Kelly recalled how she was denied an office in the studio FOR YEARS! And for no apparent legitimate reason!! Mark Consuelos‘ wife explained:
Finally, in her fourth year (!!!) co-starring on the daily morning show, Kelly convinced producers to give her some private space where she could prep for episodes in peace and quiet. And that space turned out to be… A JANITOR’S CLOSET.
No, seriously:
WTF?!
To make matters even worse, by the time Philbin left the show in 2011, Kelly still didn’t have a real office! With Regis’ departure, she had moved up to the top spot on the popular morning show, but execs reportedly refused to let her enjoy the spoils!
Kelly explained to the mag how she eventually had to force her way into a larger space:
The office wasn’t even the only bull s**t Ripa experienced back in the old days! Also during those early years on Live!, she was forced to share a bathroom with audience members in between taping segments:
When asked
Home sweet talk show! Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa felt at ease during their first Live With Kelly and Mark show on Monday, April 17.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, together at last.
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.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are officially partners on-air! The couple made their official debut asco-hosts on on Monday morning, immediately following Ryan Seacrest's departure from the daytime talk show after six seasons on Friday.Consuelos has co-hosted alongside his wife countless times over the years, but this new move makes his spot permanent. «Joining me today, and permanently, until one of us dies is Mark Consuelos!» Ripa joked at the start of the broadcast.«Wow, that was a nice reception,» Mark said, acknowledging the audience's standing ovation. Turning attention to his wife, he added, «I just want to say thank you for trusting me to be your co-pilot.»In his debut episode, the duo welcomed TLC singer Rozonda «Chilli» Thomas, and author and psychic Char Margolis as their guests.
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 out! The 48-year-old media personality bid farewell to on Friday, April 14 after nearly six years. Kelly Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos, will take over as co-host beginning Monday, April, 17.For more than two decades, Ripa's ensconced herself behind the desk at — from auditioning for four months and ultimately becoming Regis Philbin's permanent co-host, to later joining forces with the likes of Michael Strahan and Seacrest.Following Philbin's departure in November 2011, there was a revolving door of guest co-hosts — from Jerry Seinfeld, Neil Patrick Harris and Michael Bublé to Seth Meyers, Mary J.
Ryan Seacrest has officially signed off from “Live”.
Ryan Seacrest is saying goodbye to Live with Kelly and Ryan.
Ryan Seacrest has officially signed off from . The 48-year-old TV personality completed his final broadcast on Friday, April 14, after six years of co-hosting with Kelly Ripa. The show will move forward on Monday with Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos, by her side and will be rebranded as .From the moment Seacrest and Ripa stepped on the stage for Friday's broadcast — which was pre-taped on Thursday — it was clear that both were holding back tears. «Kelly just turned the corner and said, 'Am I gonna cry?' And I said, 'Maybe, because I am,'» Seacrest began, wiping his eyes.«This is a disaster.
UPDATE, with videos: In a teary, pre-taped episode of ABC’s Live With Kelly And Ryan, Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa capped off Seacrest’s final episode with emotional pledges of forever love and mutual appreciation.
Saying goodbye. Ryan Seacrest got emotional while cohosting his final episode of Live With Kelly and Ryan on Friday, April 14.
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.
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 promises there will be no funny business when her husband, Mark Consuelos, becomes her “Live” co-host.
Kelly Ripa promises there will be no funny business when her husband, Mark Consuelos, becomes her co-host.On Thursday, the daytime TV host appeared on, where she answered a fan's question about her reaction to T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach's workplace romance -- as someone who is going to be working with her partner.After agreeing with host Andy Cohen that Holmes and Robach's relationship would make «compelling,» Ripa revealed that she and her husband have a plan.«Mark and I have taken a vow of chastity while we'll be working together,» she quipped. «Because I know how ABC does not like that.
An early career pay gap. Kelly Ripa claimed that her husband, Mark Consuelos, made more money when they worked together on All My Children — despite the fact that he joined the soap opera years after she did.