Mark Consuelos Gushes Over Dynamic With Wife Kelly Ripa After Cohosting 1st ‘Live’ Show: It ‘Truly Felt Like Home’

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Home sweet talk show! Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa felt at ease during their first Live With Kelly and Mark show on Monday, April 17.“This show today truly felt like home,” Consuelos, 52, exclusively reveals in the upcoming issue of Us Weekly. “I always feel at home with Kelly but [working] together this morning just felt so right.”The Riverdale alum adds: “Kelly and I have always [felt] the most [at] ease when we’re together and I feel so lucky we get to do that daily.”The former Alpha House star — who joined his wife, 52, as her official cohost on the ABC talk show on Monday — couldn’t contain his excitement over the moment. “I can’t wait to see where we can go from here,” he tells Us.Ripa, for her part, was equally as happy with the couple’s beginning as coanchors.“Mark did amazing!

Better than I even thought,” the Hope & Faith alum, who shares daughter Lola, 21, and sons Michael, 25, and Joaquin, 20, with her spouse, exclusively shares with Us. “I look forward to a long TV partnership with him.”The New Jersey native proceeded to sing her husband’s praises, saying, “He’s a natural and I have a good feeling this is going to be great for a while.”Ripa and Consuelos kicked off their work partnership on Monday after Ryan Seacrest stepped back as the cohost following six seasons.“The future starts now,” the pair — who found love after playing Hayley and Mateo on All My Children in the ‘90s — said at the top of the show.

Ripa then introduced her husband as he forever talk show partner, joking he would be “joining me today and permanently until one of us dies.”News broke in February that Seacrest, 48, would be leaving Live after nearly six years.