Her two guys! Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos attended the 2023 Oscars alongside Ryan Seacrest forward of his upcoming Stay exit.
The trio walked the purple carpet on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 12, and stopped to meet up with Vanessa Hudgens about Seacrest, 48, leaving the ABC morning present.
“It’s bittersweet. We have now such an incredible relationship and friendship and dealing relationship,” the American Idol host confessed throughout the ABC Countdown to the Oscars preshow. “And Mark is gonna take over and he and I’ve the identical type of relationship, so it’s gonna be an thrilling previous few weeks. Lots to return.”
Ripa, 52, famous that “nothing will actually change” for the trio however she joked that Seacrest would now be capable to “have his espresso later.” The Riverdale alum, for his half, couldn’t include his enthusiasm to hitch the morning present alongside his spouse.
“I’m so excited. I begin the present on April 17, which is a Monday,” Consuelos, 51, gushed. “I couldn’t be extra honored and excited.”
Us Weekly confirmed in February that Seacrest was formally departing Stay after internet hosting alongside the Hope & Religion star for six years. He additionally introduced that Ripa’s husband could be taking on for him. Ripa, for her half, has been a staple on the discuss present since 2001 and has hosted alongside a number of cohosts, together with the late Regis Philbin.
“Working alongside Kelly over the previous six years has been a dream job and one of many highlights of my profession. She has been a tremendous companion, good friend, and confidant, and though we’ll at all times be part of one another’s lives, I’ll miss our mornings collectively,” Seacrest mentioned in an announcement on the time. “I additionally need to thank Michael Gelman and your complete workers and crew – we’ve made recollections to final a lifetime, met a few of the most unimaginable folks and had the warmest welcome into the properties of so many viewers throughout America. It’s been a memorable trip and now I’m excited to move the baton to Kelly’s ‘actual’ husband, Mark.”
Ripa and Consuelos fell in love whereas engaged on All My Youngsters within the 90s. The cleaning soap stars tied the knot in 1996 and share three youngsters: Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 20. In February, Ripa completely instructed Us that she was thrilled to have her husband completely be a part of her on Stay.
“Mark and I owe the whole lot now we have in our skilled lives to ABC. We met there in the beginning of our careers and obtained married and had our youngsters whereas there,” she mentioned to Us. “So many fantastic moments have occurred whereas with ABC, so it solely is sensible for us to return full circle and work collectively as soon as once more for the present that has given us a lot pleasure and so a few years of recollections.”
