Live's Kelly Ripa teases two new projects after backlash over debut week with husband and new co-hos

Publish date: 2024-05-19

KELLY Ripa has teased two new solo projects away from the talk show.

The Live host is busy working on her podcast and TV show, after the talk show received backlash during Mark's debut week.

Kelly, 52, has her hands in a lot of things- a talk show, best-selling book, podcast, TV show, and much more.

Just as she got a new co-host on Live, her husband, Mark Consuelos, Kelly is busy working on other projects.

On Saturday, the host took to her Instagram Stories to tell fans that Generation Gap Season Two is coming.

Her laptop, which had the script on it, sat on top of a binder that read: "Generation Gap."

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She had her glasses resting on top of the binder with water bottles in the back of the photo.

The 52-year-old captioned the story: "#generationgap season 2."

In her second photo, she teased the next episode of her podcast, Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa.

Albert Bianchini, a TV producer, said that he gets a front-row seat to the podcast and now fans can too.

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He didn't elaborate on how, however.

NEW HOST, SAME ISSUE

Kelly and Mark have come under fire with Live fans, just days into the married couple’s new on-air partnership.

Viewers have blasted the talk show and its hosts as a “joke” for not following through on a key aspect of the morning program.

After hosting with Ryan Seacrest for six years, Kelly welcomed her husband Mark as her new, permanent co-host on Monday.

As such, the show switched its name from Live with Kelly and Ryan to Live with Kelly and Mark.

While part of the title changed, the part that many fans deemed the most important – “Live” – stayed the same.

Despite that term still being part of the name, the new co-hosts only had three days on air before broadcasting a pre-taped episode.

Shortly into Thursday’s show, Kelly and Mark walked out onto the set as they usually do, smiling at one another and making their way to their seats.

Once at their desk, though, the words “Previously recorded” appeared at the bottom of the screen, to let viewers know this episode wasn’t live. 

Mark still told fans “it is April 20, 2023,” and Kelly still added that “it’s Thursday, and the week is flying by,” despite the pair pre-taping the episode.

One upset viewer tweeted: “All the ‘previously recorded’ starts! Where they don’t say it’s NOT Live.”

A second blasted: “Fourth show and already Live @kellymarklive isn’t. 

“Why not just record five in one day and call it a week? #youknowyouwantto.”

A third Live critic insisted: “It would be nice to see an audience again and for the shows to actually be live and not prerecorded.”

'ENOUGH ALREADY!'

Live critics have ripped the show as "unbearable" and predict that the series won't last.

Followers of the show were not pleased with the way that Kelly's husband and new co-anchor, Mark, hosted Tuesday's Live with Kelly and Mark episode.

During Kelly's opening spiel at the beginning of the show, she shared an embarrassing fact about her husband, Mark, 52.

Kelly, who used to star in All My Children alongside Mark, made her admission after her hubby revealed that she, for some reason, had started recording him while he slept.

The actress explained that she had begun recording her husband relaxing because he badly snored; however, instead of copping to it, he blamed one of their dogs.

So Kelly recorded Mark's snores on tape to prove to her spouse that he did.

Kelly whipped out her cell phone and played her audiotape for Mark and the audience.

The crowd listened intently to almost two minutes of Mark loudly snoring, subtly giggling while the recording went on.

MISSING THE MARK

Though some viewers found the segment funny, many fans were unamused, expressing their dissatisfaction with the couple's live moment on Twitter.

"Kelly And Mark show is just dumb! This morning they were talking about how Mark snores at night! Had to instantly change the channel at my job," one fan tweeted.

A second ranted: "I don't see this show lasting... I'm not interested in watching a spinoff of NY Housewives...."

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A third person expressed: "Day 2 of watching. I mean it's not bad but I am pretty sure there were other people who could've been a replacement for Ryan Seacrest. Mark look uncomfortable."

Someone else noted: "Right out of the box talking about those ‘kids’- boring and unbearable."

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