Kelly Ripa’s Husband Mark Consuelos Set to Replace Ryan Seacrest on ‘Live With Kelly and Ryan’
usmagazine.comLive With Kelly and Mark! After years of filling in as a guest cohost, Kelly Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos, is officially joining the Live family.During the Thursday, February 16, episode of Live With Kelly and Ryan, Ryan Seacrest announced his exit after nearly six years on the ABC show.
Ripa, 52, subsequently revealed Consuelos, 51, will be her permanent new cohost.The Live Wire author has been on the morning show since 2001, taking over with Regis Philbin following Kathie Lee Gifford’s exit.
The American Idol host, 48, joined her in 2017 after a lengthy search for a replacement.Ripa and Consuelos previously worked together on All My Children in the ‘90s.
After falling in love on the set, the twosome eloped in 1996 and went on to welcome three children: Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19.Late last year, the Hope & Faith alum teased that Consuelos was in the running for the gig years ago.“It’s so much a deeper discussion, and it has so little, actually, to do with me,” she said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in September 2022 before naming Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper. “I love my ACs, of course, but they have jobs. … My MC I love, but he had a job too.
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