MARK Consuelos has revealed a finger injury on-air as wife Kelly shared her NSFW reaction and jokes with the audience.
On Tuesday's episode of Live, host Mark mentioned something that had happened to him over the holiday weekend.
"I had a major injury here," Mark said as he showed the crowd the small cast and splint on his finger.
Kelly could barely keep a straight face as she addressed the crowd.
"Oh, we forgot that Mark had a major injury," she said jokingly.
"It's so embarrassing," he said.
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"I was playing beach volleyball and I went to set a ball, and I feel like it hit my finger just a little strange, and I continue on, and my finger, at the tip, was at a right angle and it just stayed like that," Mark continued.
He showed the audience what he meant with the tip of his other finger.
Kelly took the opportunity to launch an NSFW barb: "Just the tip?"
"Just the tip," Mark repeated as he burst out into laughter.
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Kelly remained straight-faced and winked at the audience.
"That's for you girls in the front row," she said as she sipped her coffee.
"I tried to straighten it out," her husband said as she nodded and repeated what he said.
"You tried to self-straighten," she said.
"It wouldn't," Mark replied.
He added: "It was just go back to half-mast every time."
This had the crowd roaring and Kelly starting to laugh, too.
"All of this is a metaphor," Kelly said with a twinkle in her eye.
Mark explained that he had "mallet finger" as he ripped a tendon in his finger.
He said he had to be in the cast he was wearing for eight weeks.
OFF THE MARK
On a recent Live with Kelly & Mark episode, executive producer Art Moore found himself under the spotlight.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos turned their attention to Art, trying to uncover his backstage antics before the show began.
Their curiosity was piqued early on during the Monday broadcast.
"We stumbled upon Art Moore backstage and told him, 'Come on, darling, it's showtime!'" Kelly shared.
Both Mark and Kelly, both aged 52, warmly welcomed Art with a "good morning."
Kelly couldn't resist asking, "What brought you there [backstage] in the first place?"
Backing her up, Mark added, "What's the story behind the scenes?"
Art simply said he had "a few matters to attend to."
To which Mark quipped, maybe he was at the "boss's loo [bathroom]."
Art quickly clarified that he wasn't attending to "routine needs."
The duo then cheekily asked if he was up to "anything unusual?"
Art set things straight, mentioning he was managing "work-related matters."
With a hint of jest, Kelly remarked that "work matters seem pretty out of the ordinary."
ART APPEARS ON-AIR
Art occasionally encounters unexpected moments during on-air appearances.
Just a few weeks ago, he inadvertently joined the hosts during their on-stage entrance.
The usual drill sees Kelly and Mark making their grand entry post the introduction by Deja Vu, their resident DJ.
But on an August 2 episode, the scene was quite different: Kelly, Mark, and Art made a joint entrance.
With Art sandwiched between them, Kelly and Mark escorted him.
They guided him to chairs near the Live! news desk, slightly off-camera.
Executive producer Michael Gelman, 61, was close by, gesturing for Art to join him.
Contrary to the norm, the senior staff of Live doesn't usually accompany the hosts on-screen.
Addressing the unusual sequence, Kelly quipped,
"We caught Art Moore trying to slip by us backstage."
She added, with a hint of mischief, "And our thought was, 'oh no, you don't...'"
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Kelly and Mark had playfully decided on Art's unconventional entry that day.
"He's been on the show multiple times, just never quite like this."
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