Ripa and Consuelos began the segment by expressing their disbelief at Mandel\u2019s age \u2014 something the 70-year-old wasn\u2019t a fan of<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n You can save this article by registering for free here<\/a>. Or sign-in<\/a> if you have an account.<\/p>\n Talk about tension you could cut with a knife.<\/p>\n Things got painfully awkward between Howie Mandel and Kelly Ripa during Monday\u2019s episode of Live with Kelly and Mark.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Ripa and Consuelos began the segment by expressing their disbelief at Mandel\u2019s age \u2014 something the 70-year-old wasn\u2019t a fan of.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u201d Ripa, 55, began, before Mandel interrupted her, asking, \u201cWhat do you mean it doesn\u2019t make any sense?\u201d<\/p>\n When Consuelos, 54, told Mandel he looks great, the comedian responded, \u201cThat I look great? 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When you tell someone you\u2019re 70, and they go, \u2018you look great\u2019\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Ripa interjected, trying to assure the America\u2019s Got Talent judge that that\u2019s not what they meant.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not saying you look great for 70,\u201d she clarified. \u201cWe\u2019re saying you look great and I don\u2019t believe you\u2019re 70.\u201d<\/p>\n Mandel, however, refused to back down and explained why he found their comments so insulting.<\/p>\n \u201cNo. No. It\u2019s like saying \u2018you\u2019re smart for a stupid person,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201c\u2018Oh, you seem smart, you seem smart,\u2019 you see, no, I don\u2019t look good.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Consuelos continued to challenge Mandel, insisting the comedian does \u201clook good.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ripa\u2019s face was so scrunched up in confusion, like she wasn\u2019t sure what was to come \u2014 but it was all good.<\/p>\n Mandel did a 180 and attempted to lighten the mood as he jokingly agreed he looks \u201cgorgeous,\u201d before sharing his workout routine that has helped deliver his age-defying results.<\/p>\n \u201cYour friend, [actor] Jerry O\u2019Connell, got me into the most ridiculous workout I\u2019ve ever done in my life,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n \u201cI swim but have these cables which I tie onto my ankles and then I attach them to whatever is at the side of the pool,\u201d he detailed.<\/p>\n \u201cThen he gave me these frying pan paddles and I swim for an hour and go nowhere,\u201d he exclaimed, but added that he gets \u201cso lost in it.\u201d<\/p>\n Mandel said he even takes them everywhere when travelling for work, joking that he\u2019s scared \\ a few kids in hotel pools.<\/p>\n Ripa joked, while presumably breathing an inward sigh of relief: \u201cYou\u2019re doing everything we\u2019ve trained children not to do in a pool.\u201d<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED VIDEO We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n Play Video<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links CelebrityTelevision Ripa and Consuelos began the segment by expressing their disbelief at Mandel\u2019s age \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-560269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Howie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/howie_mandel_mad-e1774447758603.jpg\")
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