Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos had a candy household reunion behind the scenes of Stay With Kelly and Mark.
The couple returned to the daytime discuss present after taking an Italian trip on Monday, June 30. Between business breaks, the internet hosting duo was shocked by none aside from their cute canine, Lena.
“Reunited with Lena after trip 🥹🥹,” the present’s official TikTok web page captioned a video of the off-air second. The present’s stay studio viewers erupted in “awws” as Consuelos hugged Lena earlier than putting her on the bottom to greet Ripa.
“We haven’t seen her since we’ve been again from trip,” Ripa advised the viewers. Consuelos later held Lena as he and his spouse sat at their internet hosting desk.
“Mark was petting each canine that he noticed on trip,” Ripa added. “He was like, ‘We now have a canine,’ to random strangers.” Lena as soon as once more joined the spouses as they waved goodbye to the present’s viewers after the episode.
@livekellyandmarkReunited with Lena after trip 🥹🥹♬ unique sound – Kelly and Mark
Ripa and Consuelos adopted their youngest household again in 2021, not lengthy after Lena was featured throughout a pet-themed present phase that March. “My entire concern was that I didn’t need [our other dog] Chewie to really feel changed in any method,” Ripa stated whereas sharing the information on the present. “So, we all the time be sure that we give Chewie the primary consideration.”
Ripa went on to inform viewers, “For those who’re fascinated about getting a canine, name your native animal shelter. These canines are simply desires. They someway know. They know, they’re conscious, they have a look at you want, ‘I’m gonna make this simple for you. You’re employed with me, I’ll work with you.’”
Ripa and Consuelos’ joyful pet reunion comes almost 5 months after their eldest canine, Chewie, handed away on the age of 17. On the February 5 episode of Stay With Kelly and Mark, Consuelos defined {that a} vet carried out an at-home euthanasia after Chewie struggled with a number of well being struggles.
“You suppose it’s, ‘Okay, I’m doing the precise factor. That is going to be, not simple, nevertheless it’s gonna be —’ It’s most likely one of many hardest issues that we’ve needed to do as a married couple,” Consuelos shared, calling Chewie “an amazing a part of our life.”
A tearful Ripa apologized for crying on-air, stating, “She gave us a lot. We’re stuffed with gratitude for this canine. … As every considered one of our children left for school after which moved out on their very own, Chewie remained proper there. Our steadfast companion.”
She continued, “We’ve been so fortunate. We’re very lucky individuals in our lives. We’ve not had loss in our lives, great loss like this. We nonetheless have all of our mother and father. We’re so lucky, so I really feel very unhealthy crying in entrance of you when individuals have — there are a lot larger issues on the earth, and I perceive that. However you need to perceive that this canine was so particular, and she or he was such an amazing lady.”
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