Kelly Ripa’s Broken Foot: What Happened To The ‘Live! With Kelly And Michael’ Host?
Talk show host Kelly Ripa has a broken foot after a dance class fall. The Live! With Kelly and Michael host hobbled out onto the set on Thursday’s show and detailed the shudder-worth incident. Just what happened?
Kelly Ripa made her way onto the set on Thursday with a boot on her left foot, crutches and a bit of assistance from co-host Michael Strahan. Despite the intense injury, it didn’t take long for Ripa to start cracking jokes about what happened.
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GossipCop shares the clip from Thursday’s show as Ripa quipped that she had hoped that nobody would notice the injury as she started to detail the incident. It seems that Kelly had gone to the gym to do a dance class, and during a jump she landed on a weight that had ended up being in just the wrong spot.
Kelly jokes that while she’s an incredible, graceful dancer, the weight ruined everything. Ripa said that the break sounded like bubble wrap, a description sure to make everybody cringe. The star said she refused having an ambulance called, as she envisioned it all ending up on the evening news.
While Kelly may have decided not to call an ambulance, she did head to the hospital. After a CT scan and X-rays, Ripa learned that four small bones had broken off. She feels lucky, though, that she doesn’t need surgery. Kelly is supposed to start putting weight on her foot in a few days and the boot is supposed to stay on for about six weeks.
Kelly added that there’s a shoe that’s supposed to go with the boot, but she admitted that there was no way she was willing to wear it on television. In addition, Ripa scoffed at the idea that she’d actually wear the boot for a full six weeks. Rather, she estimated that she’d put up with it for about three weeks at the most.
Despite the pain and shock, apparently Kelly’s husband Mark Consuelos got a bit of a kick out of the incident. Ripa says that Mark rarely photographs or takes video of her, yet he was in his glory documenting the broken foot incident. Mark sent some video to executive producer Michael Gelman, which naturally meant that the video was also shared on the show and via the show’s Instagram page.
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It seems that Kelly is being a pretty good sport about the incident, even though it’ll put an end to her runway shows and dance classes for a bit. Despite the pain of Kelly Ripa’s broken foot, it seems she was able to laugh a bit at her own expense, something fans always love about her.
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