Live With Kelly and Mark is without one of its titular personalities this week, but fret not, there was good reason.
Kelly Ripa is seemingly simply enjoying her annual summer break from the longtime ABC talk show leading to her recent absence. Beginning August 4, Ripa, 54, stepped away from the morning broadcast, making room for a roster of guest co‑hosts to join her husband and co‑host Mark Consuelos, also 54.