By Hollywood standards, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are an especially enviable couple.
The enduring lovebirds now get to worktogether full-time as co-hosts of “Live!
With Kelly and Mark.
The pair was famously introduced during a screen test for the hit soap opera “All My Children.”
Ripa sat through tons of auditions before they finally found the perfect Mateo.
For her, it was love at first sight but for Consuelos, not so much.
Rather, Ripa didn’t fit the bill because there wasn’t one.
[I cast] a wide net.
A wide, wide net,” asDeciderreported.
He confirmed as much on “Live!
The “Riverdale” star acknowledged that his former paramours were good fun but Ripa took a different stance.
Let’s put it that way.
Maybe not the most feet planted firmly on the ground.”
I knew when I saw his photograph."
At the time, Ripa didn’t have matrimony on her mind either.
