Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo(NEW YORK) — When Kelly Ripa walked onstage for Thursday’s episode Live with Kelly and Michael, viewers saw she had traded in her typical stilettos for a boot on one foot. The co-host explained the reason for the new look: she’s broken her foot.
“I was in a dance class like I typically, usually am and somebody had left a weight on the floor. Because usually what happens is, you do dancing, and then you do weights and then you put your weights back on your mat,” she explained. “And somebody I guess either left [the weight] not on their mat or maybe kicked it when they were dancing. I don’t know.”
“All I know is I did a jump — and in my mind I’m an incredible dancer, graceful as can be — and I landed on the weight,” she said, with the crowd gasping.
Ripa went on to explain that her husband, Mark Consuelos, was by her side when she checked into New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery Wednesday night to meet with doctors and find out how much damage she’d actually done.
“We found out that I have like four little bones that broke off,” she said. “And [the doctor] said, ‘The good news is it’s in a way that it doesn’t require surgery.’ So that’s great!”
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