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Another day, another absence! Kelly Ripa has been missing since LIVE with Kelly and Mark for just over a week, and the daytime talk show host was still absent on Monday, August 12, with Maria Menounos, who had already filled in in her absence last Thursday, sharing hosting duties with Mark Consuelos. But where is Kelly Ripa and why is she missing from LIVE with Kelly and Mark?

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The reason for Ripa’s absence has not yet been revealed, but we do know where Ripa was on Sunday, August 11. In fact, Ripa was at a Disneyland ceremony honoring her and other Disney legends. Her husband, Mark Consuelos, was also present at the ceremony. However, he returned to New York in time for the show. Ripa did not. So where is Ripa? Well, Decider reports that she is on her “annual summer vacation.”

Even without Ripa, the show must go on, and it did, with Andra Day as the advertising medium The Redemption and Meaghan Murphy shares back-to-school ideas. The Tuesday, August 13 show features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hannah Waddingham and Tweet Boogie.

Guest stars who filled in for Ripa last week included Deja Vu, Jane Krakowski and Jenny Mollen.

The D23 Disney Legends Awards ceremony took place at the Honda Center in California and also honored Angela Bassett, Colleen Atwood, Harrison Ford, James Cameron, James L. Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joe Rohde, John Williams, Mark Henn, Marthan Blanding, Miley Cyrus and Steve Ditko.

Ripa began her career in the soap opera All my childrenin which she played Hayley Vaughan from 1990 to 2002. In the series she also met her husband and LIVE Co-host Mark Consuelos, who played her character’s lover, Mateo Santos, from 1995 to 2002. Both Ripa and Consuelos reprised their roles in 2010 for the show’s 40th anniversary. Ripa and Consuelos married in 1996 and have three children together: Michael, Lola and Joaquin.

The actress joined LIVE in 2001, when she replaced Kathie Lee Gifford. Ripa’s previous co-hosts include Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest. Her husband joined the show as Seacrest’s replacement in April 2023.

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