Kelly Ripa approves of Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend Aubrey Paige despite their 23-year age gap

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Kelly Ripa revealed she is very 'fond' of her Live with Kelly and Ryan costar Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend Aubrey Paige, who is 23 years his junior.During Monday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, the daytime talk show host, 51, opened up about her first time meeting the 24-year-old model at her husband Mark Consuelos' Kelly Ripa birthday party on Friday.The mom-of-three described the47-year-old American Idol judge's partner as'the most exciting guest that came' to the bash.

Sweet: Kelly Ripa revealed she is very 'fond' of her Live with Kelly and Ryan costar Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend Aubrey Paige, who is 23 years his junior; seen in December 2021Seacret joked that Ripa told him and Paige: 'We're all happy you're here and that you exist because we weren't sure there was somebody.' Ripa jumped in to interject: 'We were starting to be like, "Maybe he doesn't have a special person and maybe we should check in on him more often?"'The All My Children alum went on to joke that if the lovebirds ever break up,Seacrest 'will go into seclusion.' Happy couple: During Monday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, the daytime talk show host, 51, opened up about her first time meeting the 24-year-old model at her husband Mark Consuelos' Kelly Ripa birthday party on Friday Nice to say: The mom-of-three described the 47-year-old American Idol judge's partner as 'the most exciting guest that came' to the bash; pictured together in October 2021 'That's exactly what she said to her,' Seacrest told Ripa. 'I said, "That's a compliment."'Ripa concluded: 'I am so fond of her.'Ripa then noted that her spouse 'wants to know the aerodynamics' of how Seacrest's relationship works since Paige is taller than him.