Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Becoming ‘Live’ Co-Hosts: ‘You Might Not Even Know We’re Married if You Saw Us Interact on Set’
variety.comElizabeth 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.
But now, they will sit next to each other every single morning, as talk show hosts on the No. 1 rated entertainment morning show in daytime syndication. “The concept of the show was always a faux husband and wife, right?
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