‘Live’: Mark Consuelos Makes Health Confession After Unexplained Absence From Show
What To Know
- On Live With Kelly and Mark, Mark Consuelos revealed that he recently underwent his first colonoscopy at age 54.
- Consuelos admitted that he delayed getting the procedure for several years, as the recommended start age is 45.
- He humorously recounted his experience with anesthesia and shared that he resisted the urge to play matchmaker between his nurse and his youngest son, Joaquin.
Until recently, Mark Consuelos had put off an important medical procedure. Now he is opening up about it for the first time, a couple of weeks after he was absent from Live With Kelly and Mark.
Consuelos and Kelly Ripa kicked off the Monday, November 17, episode of their show by discussing “FOFO,” a.k.a. the fear of finding out. Ripa noted that FOFO is a “bad” fear to have, especially when it comes to medical issues. “There are things you can nip in the bud, and instead, you let it get to the place where it’s [beyond repair],” she stated.
Consuelos followed up her comment by revealing that he underwent a colonoscopy for the first time “a couple weeks ago” after previously putting it off. “I’m 54 and I hadn’t had one yet, so that’s late,” he shared. (Per the Mayo Clinic, 45 is the recommended age for people to begin getting colonoscopies.)
Recalling the experience, Consuelos said he tried to “hang on” to consciousness because he “wanted to see what this felt like,” but quickly fell under anesthesia. “Afterwards, I remember sitting there, and I remember I didn’t want to say anything silly,” he told viewers. “I didn’t want to say anything silly in the recovery room, but [I] felt very rested.”
While Consuelos fought the urge to say something “silly,” his self-restraint nearly faltered after he came up with the idea to set up a nurse with his and Ripa’s 22-year-old son, Joaquin. (The couple also share son Michael, 28, and their daughter, Lola, 24.)
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“I see my nurse is this young girl, and she was adorable. She was really, really cute, and I thought, ‘She’d be amazing for my son Joaquin.’ But I shut my mouth,” Consuelos shared. “I kept it shut. I was gonna ask her if she was single. I didn’t do it. I was gonna ask her how old she was. I didn’t do it. I didn’t say anything.”
The show’s audience and executive producer Michael Gelman applauded Consuelos for holding back his comments, while Ripa joked that his questions would have been “very inappropriate” to ask.
“All I know is you came home hungry and wild. You came home, and you were like, ‘There was a nurse. I tried to set her up with Joaquin, but then I thought I shouldn’t say anything. So, I kept my mouth shut. Aren’t you proud of me?'” Ripa recalled. “And I was like, ‘Oh, lord. He’s still high.'”
When asked about his colonoscopy results, Consuelos shared, “I’m great. 10 years. I don’t have to do that again for 10 years.” Happy for her husband, Ripa quipped, “You have the best colon, the greatest colon they’ve ever seen. You have the colon of a much younger man.”
Consuelos’ colonoscopy could explain his absences from Live earlier this month. TV and radio personality Steve Patterson cohosted the show with Ripa on November 3, while the show’s announcer, Déjà Vu, acted as Ripa’s cohost on November 6. The reason for Consuelos’ absences was not explicitly shared at the time, though Ripa noted on November 6 that he had been “traveling like crazy.”
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No one with half a brain...CARES!
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Trump supporters have half a brain, so I guess 77 million idiots care, huh?
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Looks like I hurt the feelings of some pedo-loving TDS patient. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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They have got to be the thirstiest people in television; craving attention constantly by sharing too much of their business!!!
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How do you know Joaquin is gay? And also an Out Gay young man?
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Another waste of time show I never watch….In decades.
Who really cares about his up the butt shots? 😂
Ppl are desperate for attention I guess. 🙄
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It’s their job, it’s what they do. They have a time slot to fill. I can’t believe all the criticism. Just change the channel.
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I enjoy the show. I think they are both entertaining and funny, and they talk about a variety of things.
Just a nice and refreshing way to spend an hour away from watching and listening to our world as it is now.
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Another 24/7 free room & board addicted, lost boi. 😂
Take your TDS meds, dear.
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I thought he was sick w/something.
Another show I never waste time on.
I only read the box summary to see what it was about.
Agree. Who gives a crap??? Pun intended. 😂
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Uh, who?
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Mark's son Joaquin is an out gay young man, so it's odd Mark was daydreaming about setting him up with the female nurse ...
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Half a brain? You’re too nice.
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Susie has NO ♥️‼️
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Oh please she had no gum surgery. I bet you anything Botox on her face and the black and blue marks didn’t go away yet and some of the places or something went wrong. My daughter-in-law‘s eye droop took almost a month for to go back into place and they’re trying to say it’s gum surgery yeah not that I can’t, but they should tell the truth
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Michael is the one that's gay, so apparently you don't have a clue what your talking about
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Ok but then why did you read and then comment? If you don’t like a show you just turn the channel so why stop at this article? Odd comment. Dont care about it don’t read about it. Takes less than half a brain to figure that out.
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Same reason you read and responded. They were attempting to squelch a rumor you on the other hand are being judgmental and unkind.
I hope this makes you think twice
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So far, those are unsubstantiated rumors that are literally only being spread on Facebook.
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Liking your own comments to boot!🤣🤣
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