Mark Consuelos and Al Roker.Photo:Valerie Terranova/WireImage; Noam Galai/Getty Images
Valerie Terranova/WireImage; Noam Galai/Getty Images
While discussing the weather on the Feb. 4 episode ofLive with Kelly and Mark,Consuelos recalled to his co-host, wifeKelly Ripa, how things quickly went downhill while he was doing a guest meteorologist stint atGMA.
“I remember for a period of time,Good Morning Americawas doing celebrity weathermen, and I did it one morning, I don’t know if you remember that,” Consuelos, 53, told Ripa. “They said, ‘The only thing you don’t say is,Here’s what’s happening in your neck of the woods, because that’s Al Roker’s [line] on NBC, theTodayshow. The competitor.’ That’s what he says.”
So what did Conseulos do when the cameras went up? Repeat Roker’s line, naturally!
“They put it in my head!” Consuelos said, in his defense. “Now it’s in my head, and that’s what I said! And they never had me back!”
Joking that her husband “had one job,” Ripa laughed at the blunder, while Consuelos admitted that he “knew it was a bad idea” from the start.
Al Roker on Today on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty
Ripa then shared her own funny memory involving Roker, which caused Consuelos a moment of panic he certainly won’t forget. At an event years ago, Ripa and Consuelos exchanged phone numbers with Roker and his wife,Deborah Roberts, intending to schedule a double date.
“Back in the early iPhone phases, entire text chains would pop up, or, if you left a voicemail, like cellphones were wild,” Ripa explained. “So Mark’s cellphone number and my cellphone number would get confused, like in contacts.”
“[Roker texted] ‘Hey sweetie, when can we have dinner? Love, Al,'" Consuelos chimed in.
Ripa interrupted: “First of all, it did not say, ‘Hey sweetie,’ that’s you putting your own twist on it!”
“Something like that,” Consuelos said, adding: “She gets back into bed and I go, ‘Who theblankis Al!?'”
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Live with Kelly and Mark.Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney
Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney
“And I go, ‘Al Roker, our new best friend!'” Ripa said as the two reminisced on the “wild” and “very funny” misunderstanding.
They revealed that they “never had that couples’ date” and later poked fun at the story when discussing “romantic retreats” on another segment in the show.
“Another thing we can fantasize about, a romantic retreat!” Ripa teased Consuelos.
“Or not,” he playfully replied.
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