#Where Is Kelly Ripa? Talk Show Host on Break From ‘Live’ With Ryan Seacrest

When viewers tuned in on Monday, March 22, Ripa was unexpectedly awol, and has been since. But according to multiple sites that have spoken with “sources” (including The Blast), there doesn’t appear to be any reason to be concerned about her future with the show, and Ripa is merely taking her annual two-week break to be with her family/

Rumors started to fly given there had been no mention of the break on the show prior to her leaving, just a parade of guests co-hosts: Maria Menounos, Ali Wentworth, and Harry Connick Jr. have shared the desk alongside Ryan Seacrest.

The week of March 29 has already kicked off with a Monday rerun with Ripa and Seacrest, which featured Hugh Grant promoting the HBO limited series The Undoing (an appearance from November 2020). The rest of the week’s lineup — including Lana Condor discussing To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Priyanka Chopra Jonas promoting The White Tiger, Ralph Macchio on Cobra Kai, Tim Allen talking about Last Man Standing, and Zendaya on Malcolm & Marie — are also reruns.

According to reports on her vacation, Kelly should be back for the week of April 5.

If you’re confused, we get it, especially given the show’s Instagram account encouraging people to “tune in now” with a video of Ripa and Seacrest on set (see it below).

As for Ripa’s social media presence, she has posted a happy birthday message to a friend, businessman Bruce Bozzi, and a photo from a past birthday celebration for her husband, actor Mark Consuelos, ahead of his upcoming celebration on March 30.

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