Kelly Ripa is absent from LIVE With Kelly And Mark as husband Mark Consuelos carries on with longtime announcer Déjà Vu - but why?

Kelly Ripa was absent from LIVE With Kelly And Mark this morning leaving Mark Consuelos to carry on without her. Mark, 52, was instead joined on the program by longtime LIVE announcer Déjà Vu who filled in for his wife just days after they celebrated Thanksgiving with Priyanka Chopra. Kelly Ripa was absent from LIVE With Kelly And Mark this morning leaving Mark Consuelos to carry on without her Mark, 52, was instead joined on the program by longtime LIVE announcer Déjà Vu who filled in for his wife Mark responded: 'Yeah, she’s gonna feel better, she’s just resting a little bit. The Riverdale star explained that his 53-year-old wife was missing in action on the ABC morning chat show due to to losing her voice He explained: 'Yesterday you could tell she was losing her voice a little bit – it’s gone, it’s lost' Kelly was on the program the previous day as Jennifer Garner was one of the celebrity interviews The married couple began co-hosting LIVE permanently in April Then, four years later, in 2005, she was given a janitor's closet they cleared out and moved a desk into. Kelly started out at Live With Regis & Kelly in 2001 after Kathy Lee Gifford left Dream team: Meanwhile, Regis Philbin and Ripa worked together for more than ten years; seen in 2011 Past co-host: Ripa previously hosted the show with Ryan Seacrest, who exited the show in April 'All of those offices that were not available to me were suddenly made available, with walls knocked down to make them twice as big,' she added.