Kelly Ripa revealed on the March 6 episode of 'Live with Kelly and Mark' that she wooed Mark Consuelos into saying "I love you first" as they reflected being married for nearly 30 years.

"Spending time with you reminded me of how much I miss spending time with you," Ripa said to her former soap costar.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene,” died Monday. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton's publicist, Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee. Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18.

Ripa joked that her husband of nearly 29 years wouldn't get to know her true nature until after her personal diaries come to light.

Eventually Consuelos said that his wife “loves” glitter, though he hates it, as he will “see it” long after it was first applied. He lamented, “I see it in the cracks of wherever it fell. It doesn’t go away. It multiplies.”

Making the sighting so special is the fact that Ripa and Mark Consuelos are also alums of the soap opera, leading Consuelos to ask Ripa if she was featured on the soap opera while

LIVE with Kelly and Mark is often filled with surprises. While they have a preplanned show with guests, they can never predict who will attend and sit in the audience. During Thursday’s episode of LIVE,