KELLY Ripa has gushed over her husband Mark Consuelos as she shared a new shirtless video of the actor.
The Live with Kelly and Ryan host recently returned to her seat on the talk show after taking a 2-week-long break.
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But while Kelly was back from vacation, her co-host, Ryan Seacrest, took some time off, leaving her husband, Mark, to fill in for Thursday’s show.
After taking their posts at the table, the former soap star introduced her temporary co-host by bragging about the father-of-three.
“Listen, for a girl with average everything. [A] blowup from New Jersey. Look at me, look at me,” she said, pointing toward her husband.
“So take that, school bullies,” she added as Mark looked at her appreciatively.
Mark loved the compliment, jokingly replying: “Look how you did. Look what you did for yourself,” while grinning from ear to ear.
Kelly, 51, has never been shy about expressing her feelings about her husband’s hunky appearance.
In fact, she took to her Instagram Stories to do just that as she shared a clip from their family getaway.
In the video, Kelly appeared to be behind the camera as she zoomed in on her husband playing beach volleyball.
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The Riverdale actor sported swim trunks, no shirt, a baseball cap, and sunglasses for the game.
Kelly couldn’t get over Mark’s fit physique as he displayed his chiseled abs and arm muscles.
She simply captioned the video: “@instasuelos in action.”
The TV star continued to zero in on her 51-year-old husband’s shirtless body, adding a separate caption: “@instasuelos more of the same.”
Kelly kept the camera rolling, capturing much of the game – though mainly Mark was in the frame.
“instasuelos really playing the part,” she boasted as the All My Children alum prepared for the ball to come his way.
She concluded the clip, writing: “Maverick cutting room floor footage @instasuelos.”
Mark co-hosted alongside his wife for Thursday and Friday’s show, though all the episodes throughout the week were pre-taped.
SIN CITY WEDDING
During Tuesday’s installment, Kelly had boasted to Ryan, 47, about how she and Mark got married in Las Vegas for just $179.
The couple met in 1995 on the soap opera All My Children and were both based in New York City.
Kelly admitted the decision to elope in Vegas was inspired by the fact that both of them happened to have two days off of work.
“Two consecutive days off from work, both on the same day. And it was like, ‘Let’s go to Vegas and get married, and it’ll be fun,'” she recalled.
Despite their last-minute decision, the mother-of-three revealed the ceremony was still very cheap.
Kelly said: “$179 for a wedding, including airfare, cause we had miles and we had a canceled trip or something. But $179 in total — total with everything.”
“We just had a very normal, very regular wedding,” she told co-host, Ryan.
“It really is such an efficient way to get married. And it was fun. We were like, ‘Now, this is gambling! Woohoo!'”
This story was also part of a pre-taped segment for Live.
‘FAKING’ THE SHOW
Fans have been slamming Kelly and Ryan for “faking” parts of their talk show.
For all the episodes this week, the words “previously recorded” could be seen at the bottom of the screen at the show’s beginning.
This let fans know that the show was pre-taped and not actually live, despite the name of the show.
One upset viewer asked: “Are all the shows pre-taped until September 6th? I just don’t understand how the description in the guide says it’s a new episode, asking for a friend??”
A second blasted: “They pre-tape the host chats and splice in old segments and then pass them off as new.
“Same with the two episodes this week with Mark [Consuelos] ‘co-hosting.’ They pull this bs every year.”
Kelly recently promised that Ryan “will return” for an “all-new show.”
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