Mark Consuelos Joins 'Live With Kelly and Ryan' After Ryan Seacrest Announces He's Leaving Show

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Mark Consuelos appeared on on Friday, one day after news broke that the 51-year-old actor would be joining his wife, Kelly Ripa, as a permanent co-host on her long-running talk show.

He will be replacing Ryan Seacrest, who announced on Thursday that he was exiting the show after six years. Consuelos stepped out onto the stage, declaring he had «no second thoughts» about joining his wife on the syndicated program. «I will have a list of grievances,» he quipped. «I mean, I listen, I watch.

This is my favorite show in the morning.»«He has to say that,» Ripa chimed in.Seacrest asked Consuelos if it was a «tough decision» for him to officially join the show. «No, you know the thing was that we did this before and much more difficult circumstances,» Consuelos said of working with his wife on the soap opera. «We worked together on a soap opera for seven years.»Seacrest also gushed about Consuelos and Ripa, telling the former  star, «I just do want to say, you are a brother to me.

You are a family member to me. I have become so close with both of you and you as well and the three of us sat before I moved out here and had real conversations about doing this for a few years and it ended up being longer than I thought.