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Live fans love Kelly Ripa's bold new look featuring a plunging neon blazer in new video on break from show

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Olivia Shea

Published Aug 24, 2026

LIVE fans have gushed over Kelly Ripa's brightly-colored blazer during her time hosting her game show.

Kelly shared a clip of herself going out to host her game show, Generation Gap.

Kelly Ripa shared a clip of herself from her game show Generation Gap on Instagram

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Kelly Ripa shared a clip of herself from her game show Generation Gap on InstagramCredit: Instagram
In the clip, she wore a bright neon green blazer that fans praised her for

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In the clip, she wore a bright neon green blazer that fans praised her forCredit: ABC

She captioned her clip: "…Ready for it? Countdown to a new #GenerationGap in less than an hour TONIGHT at 8/7c on ABC!"

In the video, Kelly walked out onstage to a shouting crowd at the start of a new episode of the game show.

She wore a shocking bright neon green blazer as she walked out to greet everyone.

Continuing the bright trend, she paired the blazer with a pair of eye-popping orange pants.

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She wore her hair straight down around her shoulders, and opted for minimal makeup.

Fans loved the new look on Kelly.

One commented: "Lovely lady!"

Another wrote: "So chic!

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A third posted: "Looking good Kellz!"

WAIT A SECOND

Meanwhile, Live fans were left baffled after the show makes a sneaky change to the format.

Kelly and Mark are currently on summer vacation, but Live is still airing episodes.

On Thursday's show, Mark was out and Ryan Seacrest filled in for him.

The show did not say that it was previously recorded in the beginning, and the hosts said the correct date.

Kelly and Ryan talked for about ten minutes before the show went to commercial.

When they came back, the hosts were set to interview Jennifer Aniston, but were in completely different outfits.

Partway through the interview, the words "Previously recorded" popped up on the screen.

Then, Keanu Reeves was the second guest of the episode, and the hosts were in completely different outfits again.

It appears that Live filmed a current opening segment, but aired old interviews.

The show is set to air reruns starting on August 11, until the new season begins in September.

'WHAT HAPPENED?'

Fans noticed the glaring change and commented on a video on X, formerly Twitter.

The video was of Kelly and Mark interviewing Becki Newton on Wednesday's show.

"What really happened to this show? I know it was previously recorded, we all saw the wardrobe change, and Jennifer Aniston was already on saying the same thing," asked a fan.

"Back to old shows again? Ryan on and the 2 with multiple wardrobe changes. But they said todays date as usual," asked another.

A third asked: "Wait, is today's show a rerun?"

"I feel like you tricked us in the beginning of today's show by saying today's date," said one social media user.

CHEWED UP

Before the show was airing old clips, Mark revealed a dirty habit that he "still does."

The married Live! hosts reminisced about their school days, recalling how they behaved as children on Wednesday's episode.

During the early part of the show, Kelly, 52, revealed that she was very disorganized when she was in school.

"I would start out super organized, and by the end of that first marking period, it was a disaster," she admitted.

"...It was an avalanche of disorganization."

Mark asked his wife if her parents ever did "backpack checks," to which she responded that it wasn't a backpack check but rather a "backpack unzip and dump it out."

Following up with a relatively peculiar inquiry, the fellow 52-year-old asked Kelly if she used to "chew on the end of her pencils, the erasers."

Kelly said that she didn't bite her erasers.

Mark, on the other hand, disclosed that he did as a kid.

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"I know you did; you still do," Kelly declared.

Confirming Kelly's claim, Mark revealed that he does "chews on pens and pencils."

It was a little different than her usual looks as she paired it with bright pants and a top

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It was a little different than her usual looks as she paired it with bright pants and a topCredit: ABC
She teased a new episode of the show with her clip

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She teased a new episode of the show with her clipCredit: ABC
Fans were delighted with the striking new look

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Fans were delighted with the striking new lookCredit: ABC