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By Alex Vena
Published March 25, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET
Howie Mandel turned a compliment into borderline chaos on Live with Kelly and Mark.
During an appearance on Monday’s episode, Mark Consuelos reminded the America’s Got Talent judge that he recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Kelly Ripa noted that “it doesn’t make any sense,” which Mandel was quick to question, but Consuelos and Ripa tried to tell him that he “look[s] great.”
“I look great? That doesn’t mean anything to me,” Mandel replied.
Ripa insisted that “it does,” but Mandel immediately shut it down.
“No, no, no,” he said. “No, I don’t like that, because that’s a caveat… ’cause you tell somebody you’re 70, and they go, ‘You look great.'”
Ripa explained that she and Consuelos were “not saying, ‘You look great for 70,'” though Mandel told them that they “are, without saying 70.”
Consuelos chimed in, “I am saying that!”
“We’re saying you look great, and I don’t believe you’re 70,” Ripa said,
Mandel likened the compliment to “saying, ‘You’re smart for a stupid person.'”
“Oh, you look smart! You seem smart!’ I don’t look good,” he claimed.
Consuelos added, “You do look good.”
Photo: WABCFinally, Mandel thanked Consuelos for the compliment, and seemingly changed his tune as he told the co-hosts about clocking a mirror backstage right before walking out onto the set of the daytime talk show.
“Honestly, now, I’ll be serious for a minute, I am gorgeous,” he teased.
Consuelos agreed, “You are!”
Ripa echoed, “That’s amazing. You’re a thing of beauty!”
Mandel turned his animosity toward the audience, as he questioned why one half of the audience “find[s him] more gorgeous” than the other half.
DECIDER reached out to representatives for Mandel and to Live with Kelly and Mark for comment, but did not hear back by time of publication.
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