Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have one of the longest and happiest marriages in showbiz, but if it wasn't for the Riverdale star's boldness, it may not have happened. The couple co-hosted Live with Kelly and Ryan on Friday, and revealed the way Mark declared his love for his wife before they were even dating. MORE: Kelly Ripa's daughter Lola shares sun-drenched photo after launching music careerKelly and Mark were chatting on-air about the first time he told her she was 'the one'.WATCH: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' love story The former All My Children co-stars were at the Daytime Emmys but both had alternative dates. Mark was there with his sister, and Kelly had a boyfriend! The father-of-three confessed that although they weren't together he knew that he was "madly in love with this woman," but the situation was "complicated".MORE: Kelly Ripa shares rare family photo – and fans can't get over one thingMORE: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' son lives a very different life to his famous parentsHe then revealed the very bold way he approached his now-wife with his feelings. A post shared by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (@livekellyandryan)Kelly and Mark discussed the first time he told her he loved her "I wanted to deliver a message without anyone else knowing," he said. "I grab a glass and ask.
Kelly Ripa Recalls ‘Good Days And Bad Days’ With Regis Philbin On ‘Live!’
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Kelly Ripa is opening up about the tensions behind the scenes with her late co-host.
In an interview with People about her new memoir, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, the “Live!” host shares the section on joining the show with then-host Regis Philbin was the “hardest chapter to write.”
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Ripa, who had been a soap opera star, joined “Live!” in 2001, replacing Philbin’s departed co-host, Kathie Lee Gifford.
“I don’t want to feel like I’m slamming anyone or that I’m being disrespectful. But I also want people to know it was not a cakewalk,” Ripa says of that time. “It took years to earn my place there and earn the things that are routinely given to the men I worked with. Including an office and a place to put my computer.”
She recalls being told she wasn’t allowed to bring “an entourage” to set on her first day, despite only having a hair and makeup person with her.
“Uh-oh, Gelman, it’s got an entourage,” she says Philbin remarked to the show’s executive producer, Michael Gelman.
“I felt horrible,” Ripa says. “He was probably trying to be funny, but at the same time it felt like a pile-on.”
She adds, “I understand that probably he didn’t want a cohost, but the network wanted me to be the cohost and I didn’t think I should pass up that opportunity. I don’t think it was fair to him. But it was also not fair to me.”
Over the years, there were “good and bad days,” and Ripa says that she did eventually grow on Philbin, and that she “so enjoyed” the “handful of times” they were able to spend time together off-set.
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Kathie Lee Gifford won’t read Kelly Ripa’s book after Regis Philbin comments
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They sat side by side for more than 15 years as two of the greatest TV talk show co-hosts of all time, first in 1985 on "The Morning Show" and then together nationally in 1988 for "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee." So it came as no surprise that Kathie Lee Gifford recalled only positive memories working with Regis Philbin amid claims Kelly Ripa, who filled in Gifford's seat in 2001 when she left the show the year before, had difficulties with the late broadcaster. "I’m not going to comment on Kelly’s story. It’s hers.
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