Making a change. Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest and Mark Consuelos have have been candid about the way forward for ABC’s Live because the present prepares for some massive shifts.
In February 2023, Seacrest introduced his exit from Live With Kelly and Ryan after six years of cohosting with Ripa.
“Working alongside Kelly over the past six years has been a dream job and one of the highlights of my career. She has been an amazing partner, friend, and confidant, and although we will always be a part of each other’s lives, I will miss our mornings together,” he stated in an announcement on the time. “I also want to thank Michael Gelman and the entire staff and crew — we’ve made memories to last a lifetime, met some of the most incredible people and had the warmest welcome into the homes of so many viewers across America. It’s been a memorable ride and now I’m excited to pass the baton to Kelly’s ‘real’ husband, Mark.”
Ripa, who first appeared on the daytime speak present in 2001, praised the American Idol host for his professionalism through the years. She additionally confirmed that her husband, Consuelos, could be becoming a member of her after Seacrest’s departure.
“I can’t thank you enough, [Ryan], on all of our behalf,” she stated throughout the reside episode in February 2023. “There is nobody else like you. There is nobody who can really do what you do. I know you in real life as well as TV life. I say this about very few people: what you see is what you get. This is not an act, this is a good man. I am so endlessly impressed by you.”
The CW star, for his half, famous that it wasn’t troublesome for him to signal on to the mission, sharing on Live, “No, you know the thing was that [Kelly and I] did this before and [in] much more difficult circumstances. We worked together on a soap opera for seven years.”
Later that month, Ripa opened up about how the couple got here to the choice to work collectively once more. (The pair, who tied the knot in 1996, have collaborated on All My Children, Hope & Faith and Riverdale.)
“Mark and I owe everything we have in our professional lives to ABC. We met there at the beginning of our careers and got married and had our kids while there,” the previous cleaning soap opera actress, who shares three children along with her husband, solely instructed Us Weekly. “So many wonderful moments have happened while with ABC, so it only makes sense for us to come full circle and work together once again for the show that has given us so much joy and so many years of memories.”
Seacrest is ready to take his closing bow in April 2023. Following his exit, Consuelos will take over and the present shall be rebranded as Live With Kelly and Mark.
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Scroll on for all the things the trio have stated in regards to the Live shakeup:
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