Kelly Ripa on Crutches

Kelly Ripa is a television host and actress and mother of three. She was born on October 2, 1970. She has been the co-host of Live With Regis and Kelly since February 2001. On Monday, December 6, 2010, she walked onto the set with crutches due to a broken hip. She has a stress fracture in the femoral neck in her right hip that is possibly due to overexercising. Despite this, Ripa wore high heels on the set that day.

"It looks much worse than it is," Ripa said of her injury, explaining that she had been in pain for several weeks and thought she had torn a muscle. But the doctor confirmed that it was a stress fracture which will heal by itself without any surgery. Ripa has been banned from any sort of exercise for the next three to six weeks. She doesn't believe this condition will affect her ability to host Live With Regis and Kelly.

Kelly Ripa is married to Mark Consuelos who was her co-star when she played on All My Children. In May of 1996, the couple eloped. They have three children, Michael Joseph Consuelos (born June 2, 1997), Lola Grace Consuelos (born June 16, 2001), and Joaquin Antonio Consuelos (born February 24, 2003).

Regis Philbin, Kelly's co-host, also suffered an injury over this past weekend. He cut his hand while opening a holiday gift with a box cutter and had to have stitches.

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