Consuelos joked about his dramatic bout with turf toe after years of paying soccer.

“I had the left one done about 10 years ago, 15 years ago?

Do you know, toe pain, they say, is worse than childbirth.

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They say that.”

“Don’t you want to recast your vote for Sexiest Host Alive?”

Ripa jumped in, remembering the anguish Consuelos went through over minor medical procedures in the past.

“Let me take you back in time.

She doesn’t understand the pain I’m in.

She’s never had surgery before,'” Ripa recalled.

“I was sitting there readingVogue, and I go, ‘I’ve had three C-sections.

“You know I was joking with the lady,” Consuelos reassured her.

“I was just joking.

But, I think maybe in 2025, it would be fun, Gelman.

My turf toe.”

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