Guest cohosts filled in for the morning TV icon alongside Mark Consuelos, including Jenna Dewan, Jackie Tohn, and more. Here's why Kelly Ripa isn't on Live With

Guest cohosts filled in for the morning TV icon alongside Mark Consuelos, including Jenna Dewan, Jackie Tohn, and more.

Here's why Kelly Ripa isn't on Live With Kelly & Mark this week

Guest cohosts filled in for the morning TV icon alongside Mark Consuelos, including Jenna Dewan, Jackie Tohn, and more.

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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on 'Live With Kelly and Mark'. Credit:

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- Kelly Ripa isn't on *Live With Kelly and Mark* this week.

- The morning TV icon typically takes a break from the program every summer.

- Mark Consuelos previously took a break from *Live* the week prior.

Why isn't Kelly Ripa on *Live With Kelly and Mark* this week? Even morning TV's fiercest warriors need a break, it seems.

The daytime icon will sit out morning broadcasts of *Live*, as the popular personality typically takes a short leave from the long-running talk show every summer.

Ripa's absence began Monday, with *Nobody Wants This* actress Jackie Tohn filling in as guest cohost alongside Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.

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On Tuesday, actress Jenna Dewan presided over the episode with Consuelos, with a roster of fill-in hosts taking up the reins in Ripa's absence throughout the remainder of the week.

In addition to her post on *Live*, Ripa has had a busy year filled with other projects, including her successful *Let's Talk Off Camera* podcast as well as her recent non-*Live* TV endeavor with Consuelos.

The couple, who've been married for nearly 30 years after meeting on the set of the soap opera *All My Children*, premiered their four-part docuseries *Running With the Wolves* in July, with the ESPN show chronicling their domestic life as well as their co-ownership of the Italian Campobasso soccer team.

Ripa, who first joined *Live* as a permanent cohost alongside the late Regis Philbin in 2001, has remained with the show amid a revolving door of cohosts through the years, including Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest.

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Seacrest left the show in 2023, with Consuelos joining Ripa full-time beginning later that year.

Ripa has long suggested that her time on *Live* might be coming to an end in the years ahead, and even asked fellow talk show icon Oprah Winfrey for advice on the gnawing thought that she should walk away soon.

"I've been at the talk show now for 25 years, so, I'm asking for a friend: How did you know it was time to step away?" Ripa asked Winfrey on a recent episode of *Let's Talk Off Camera*.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the 'Running With the Wolves' premiere.

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"First of all, it's not time for you to step away. And I, if I were advising you, I would say absolutely not, because you and Mark are in a groove. And that groove continues to work," Winfrey replied.

In an earlier interview with ** before Consuelos took his new post, Ripa admitted that she'd considered retiring ahead of the new venture.

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"It's so funny. Every time you get a new cohost, it's like a little jolt of energy," she said at the time. "But to be clear, I am always thinking about retiring [*laughs*]. It is my favorite topic of discussion."

*Live With Kelly and Mark* airs weekdays in syndication. Check your local listings for showtimes in your area.

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