It\u2019s been two years since Mark Consuelos<\/a> took over cohosting duties on Live With Kelly and Mark<\/a><\/em>, but the role wasn\u2019t one he was initially interested in taking on.<\/p>\n Kelly Ripa<\/a> opened up about working with her husband on the Thursday, July 31, episode of Kylie Kelce\u2019s Not Gonna Lie podcast<\/a>, recalling how she and Consuelos first started working together 30 years ago on the soap opera All My Children<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were used to working together, and over the years, we had worked together a lot. And Mark, I think by the time he took over cohosting permanently, had cohosted with me at least 100 times,\u201d Ripa noted. \u201cHe was always filling in the last minute. COVID year, he was constantly filling in, like, he was just always there. So, he made sense to take over. We just had to make it make sense for him.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Ripa, Consuelos was \u201cnot really on board\u201d with becoming her former cohost Ryan Seacrest<\/a>\u2018s replacement at first. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018No, it\u2019s fun to do [it] once in a while, because it\u2019s only once in a while.\u2019 But then, I sort of said,\u2019 It\u2019s so great. It\u2019s so much easier than doing a soap. It\u2019s such a finite amount of time, and you can still go off and have a full life,’\u201d she said. \u201cAnd so, I think that has made it really easy.\u201d<\/p>\n ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ripa went on to reveal that after their weekday morning Live<\/em> tapings, they \u201cdon\u2019t see each other again until dinner.\u201d She explained, \u201cWe need some separation. We need some mystery between us. I don\u2019t know where he goes or what he does. I have no idea. And he doesn\u2019t even know I\u2019m doing this [interview].\u201d<\/p>\n Consuelos joined Live<\/em> as Ripa\u2019s permanent cohost in April 2023, after which the show\u2019s name changed to Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em>. \u201cThe best thing about hosting a talk show together is people are like, \u2018You guys, what happens, aren\u2019t you worried about if you have an argument and then you have to go on the air?’\u201d Ripa said before joking. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018We have arguments on the air.\u2019 And it\u2019s great to have an argument on the air because your audience becomes your counselors and they will let you know who is wrong and who is right. Spoiler alert, I\u2019m usually right.\u201d<\/p>\n Kylie went on to ask the TV personality if she had any advice to give for the next time she and her husband, retired NFL star Jason Kelce<\/a>, work together.<\/p>\n \u201cI treat him with the reverence and yet the irreverence of, like, almost like a newborn baby,\u201d Ripa shared. \u201cI understand that you need things a certain way because without the consistency and the continuity of doing whatever it is that certain way, it makes him nervous or it makes him nervous, on edge. So, if I can avoid that, I try to avoid anything that might make him nervous or upset.\u201d<\/p>\n Though Consuelos appeared on the show\u2019s Monday, July 28, episode, he has been absent the rest of the week while in Los Angeles filming a TV show. Celebrities such as Jerry O\u2019Connell<\/a>, David Muir<\/a>, and Carson Kressley<\/a> have stepped in to cohost alongside Ripa.<\/p>\n Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em>, Weekdays, check local listings<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Kelly](\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kelly-Ripa-Mark-Consuelos-Live-with-Kelly-and-Mark-July-28-2025-1014x570.jpg\")
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