Live producer shuts down Mark Consuelos' claims of NSFW activity while ‘lurking’ backstage before show

LIVE with Kelly & Mark's executive producer Art Moore has cleared up some things while being on-air on the morning show.

Talk show hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos got to the bottom of what Art was doing privately backstage before Live started.

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The married on-air personality duo began to probe soon after they started the Monday episode.

"We found Art Moore wandering backstage, and we [Kelly and Mark] were like, c'mon boo, we gotta go, we got a show to do," Kelly admitted.

Both Kelly, 52, and Mark, 52, greeted Art with a "good morning."

Kelly followed up with a question, asking Art: "What he was doing, lurking back there? [backstage]"

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Mark cosigned, asking Art himself: "What was going on back there?"

Art honestly replied that he had "little things to take care of."

Mark guessed that Art was using the "executive restroom [bathroom.]"

Art denied that he was using the bathroom, clarifying that he wasn't doing "natural things."

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Kelly and Mark both inquired if he was then doing "unnatural things."

Art corrected them, confessing that he was backstage doing "business things."

Kelly sarcastically joked that "business things were totally unnatural."

ART APPEARS ON-AIR

Sometimes, Art finds himself in awkward situations when he appears on air.

Earlier this month, walked out onto the stage with the TV stars when the duo made their entrance on the show, by accident.

Normally, the pair strut to their respective seats on the main stage after Deja Vu, their in-house DJ, introduces them.

During an episode that aired on August 2, however, Kelly, Mark, and their head producer, Art, came in together.

Kelly and Mark held onto Art's arms as he was in between them.

They led him to seats that were next to the Live! news desk, but out of view.

Fellow executive producer Michael Gelman, 61, was standing near the off-stage seats, extending his hand to Art to pull him to the seat beside him.

Typically, the Live head honchos get to their seats off-camera instead of coming out with the media personalities.

Kelly confronted the confusion in her introductory spiel.

"It was so funny we caught Art Moore backstage, and he was like trying to sneak past us," she divulged.

"And we [Kelly and Mark] were like 'no no no...'"

It was Kelly and Mark's idea for Art to walk out with them.

"He's walked out on the show many times, but never in this direction."

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Every now and again, the Live anchors include Art in a portion of the show.

Early on in an episode that aired in May, Kelly and Mark discussed a topic all about fashion.

The Riverdale actor read a newspaper article claiming that “men who live by tired style rules that ban certain color pairings are missing out.”

Mark went through some of the different combos the article suggested and revealed he’s tried many of them himself.

Then both he and his wife admitted that when it comes to style, they “think about one man only.”

They both agreed that their producer, Art, has a great fashion sense and turned to him to get his thoughts on the subject.

The camera panned to show Art wearing blue loafers, navy pants, and a blue blazer.

Kelly asked if he would ever think to pair his blue blazer with black pants, as the article suggested, and he quickly shot that idea down.

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“So, this article is not for you,” Kelly told him.

Mark added: “He maintains the rules.”

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