One half of Dwell with Kelly and Mark‘s lead internet hosting duo was absent from the present’s newest episode.
After beginning off his week on the daytime discuss present, Mark Consuelos didn’t seem alongside his spouse, Kelly Ripa, on Tuesday, July 29. As a substitute, Jerry O’Connell quickly took over his spot on the internet hosting desk.
In line with Kelly, Consuelos discovered himself “caught” on the airport for a number of hours yesterday after initially leaving to catch a flight at midday. “He’s engaged on a present out in L.A.,” she defined to viewers.
Consuelos’ unique flight was ultimately canceled because of an engine drawback, whereas his rescheduled flight was canceled because of a “physique drawback” with the airplane. “He was booked onto one other flight. It was presupposed to take off at 7:30, and at 9:30, he lastly known as me and stated, ‘We’re on the brink of take off,’” Ripa stated earlier than joking, “I don’t know if he arrived. I hope he did.”
Ripa hinted that Consuelos will probably be absent from Dwell for the remainder of the week whereas revealing that he misses their canine greater than her. “He was extra emotional about leaving Lena. The leaving Lena and the texting me, ‘How’s Lena? Is Lena okay? Does Lena miss me?’” she quipped. “There was numerous reassurances with Mark that,’ Sure, Lena does miss you. Sure, I put your shirt in her crate in order that she doesn’t neglect you for 5 days.’”
O’Connell, for his half, was excited to tackle the internet hosting gig, having wrapped up his run on The Discuss again in December 2024. Seeking to make the most of New York Metropolis’s walkability, O’Connell shared that he walked to the present’s studio that morning — solely to reach soaking moist due to the new climate.
“I sweated out a — I’m not even joking — a Hawaiian Punch I drank in 1983. That’s how sizzling it was,” he stated earlier than exhibiting a snap of what he appeared like when he arrived to work. O’Connell’s hair caught to the sweat on his face, whereas his shirt featured a number of sweat stains.
Regardless of the tough begin to the day, O’Connell praised Dwell‘s hair and make-up group for getting him presentable to seem on-air. “It’s the soupy season in New York,” Ripa joked. “Folks have a positive musk to them.”
She added, “I didn’t stroll right here as a result of I really feel like our viewers has suffered sufficient.”
Consuelos’ Dwell absence comes the identical day because the premiere of his and Ripa’s new present, Working With the Wolves. The four-part ESPN docuseries follows the couple’s journey of changing into homeowners of the Italian soccer group Campobasso F.C.
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