{"id":3636,"date":"2026-09-10T01:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T01:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2026-09-10T01:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T01:25:05","slug":"kelly-ripa-returns-to-live-with-kelly-and-mark-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Ripa Returns to \u2018Live With Kelly and Mark\u2019 After Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tKelly Ripa<\/a> is back in her studio chair after taking six weeks off to recover from a major dental procedure.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 55-year-old television host returned to Live with Kelly and Mark<\/em><\/a> alongside her husband and co-host, Mark Consuelos<\/a>. She spent six weeks away from the daytime talk show while healing from a painful gum graft surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDoctors ordered the notoriously chatty morning host to rest her voice during her recovery, but keeping quiet proved virtually impossible.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tBreaking Doctor\u2019s Orders\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tPeriodontists instructed Ripa to stay on strict vocal rest for 10 days so the delicate tissue graft could heal properly. She admitted in an exclusive interview with People<\/em><\/a> <\/em>that she couldn\u2019t help but ignore her doctor\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOh, I was talking the whole time,\u201d Ripa confessed. \u201cHe was like, \u2018You\u2019re not supposed to be talking.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m fine!\u2019 It did look weird, though, when I talked.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe resulting inflammation in her lower lip was so pronounced that show producers assumed she was holding cotton in her mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat was funny, a few of my producers said, \u2018You just need to take the cotton out, take the cotton out from under your lower lip,\u2019\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018There is no cotton. That is just swelling. That\u2019s why I\u2019m not at work today.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\tAn Overzealous Daily Routine\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tRipa previously revealed on her Let\u2019s Talk Off Camera<\/em><\/a> <\/em>podcast that her aggressive dental hygiene routine \u2014 decades of over-brushing and over-flossing \u2014 wore away her gums, leaving her dentist no choice but to operate.<\/p>\n

\n\tConsuelos teased his wife about her five-minute brushing sessions and called her habits excessive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe doesn\u2019t follow instructions very well,\u201d Consuelos said.<\/p>\n

\n\tRipa responded, \u201cI\u2019m getting better. I\u2019m retraining myself. I host a morning show. I know when there\u2019s bad dental hygiene involved. It\u2019s a good-bad habit, or a bad-good habit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the unusually painful recovery, Ripa reassured the outlet that she\u2019s fully healed and feeling much better.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c[I\u2019m] so much better,\u201d Ripa told People<\/em>. \u201cIt was fine. It was definitely necessary. I delayed it for five years. I really did because I was like, \u2018I\u2019ll wait until I retire.\u2019 And then, eventually my dentist was like, \u2018Okay, now we have to finish it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Kelly Ripa is back in her studio chair after taking six weeks off to recover from a major dental procedure. The 55-year-old television host returned to Live with Kelly and Mark alongside her husband and co-host, Mark Consuelos. She spent six weeks away from the daytime talk show while healing from a painful gum graft surgery. Doctors ordered the notoriously chatty morning host to rest her voice during her recovery, but keeping quiet proved virtually impossible. Related story Sharon Stone Reveals Bizarre ‘Orb’ Visions Following Near-Fatal 2001 Stroke Breaking Doctor\u2019s Orders Periodontists instructed Ripa to stay on strict vocal rest for 10 days so the delicate tissue graft could heal properly. She admitted in an exclusive interview with People that she couldn\u2019t help but ignore her doctor\u2019s orders. \u201cOh, I was talking the whole time,\u201d Ripa confessed. \u201cHe was like, \u2018You\u2019re not supposed to be talking.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m fine!\u2019 It did look weird, though, when I talked.\u201d The resulting inflammation in her lower lip was so pronounced that show producers assumed she was holding cotton in her mouth.\u00a0 \u201cWhat was funny, a few of my producers said, \u2018You just need to take the cotton out, take the cotton out from under your lower lip,\u2019\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018There is no cotton. That is just swelling. That\u2019s why I\u2019m not at work today.\u2019\u201d An Overzealous Daily Routine Ripa previously revealed on her Let\u2019s Talk Off Camera podcast that her aggressive dental hygiene routine \u2014 decades of over-brushing and over-flossing \u2014 wore away her gums, leaving her dentist no choice but to operate. Consuelos teased his wife about her five-minute brushing sessions and called her habits excessive.\u00a0 \u201cShe doesn\u2019t follow instructions very well,\u201d Consuelos said. Ripa responded, \u201cI\u2019m getting better. I\u2019m retraining myself. I host a morning show. I know when there\u2019s bad dental hygiene involved. It\u2019s a good-bad habit, or a bad-good habit.\u201d Despite the unusually painful recovery, Ripa reassured the outlet that she\u2019s fully healed and feeling much better.\u00a0 \u201c[I\u2019m] so much better,\u201d Ripa told People. \u201cIt was fine. It was definitely necessary. I delayed it for five years. I really did because I was like, \u2018I\u2019ll wait until I retire.\u2019 And then, eventually my dentist was like, \u2018Okay, now we have to finish it.\u2019\u201d Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}