Kelly Ripa Slams Audience Member Who Gives Thumbs Down Gesture During Segment

Kelly Ripa had no time for a woman sitting in the audience for the first episode of Live after the holiday weekend.

During a segment in which Ripa, 54, and her husband, Mark Consuelos, 54, were discussing a list of America’s most walkable cities, the former soap opera star noticed one unhappy member of the crowd.

“Did you just give us the thumbs down, lady?” Ripa joked, according to Entertainment Weekly. 

The gesture came after Consuelos named Columbus, Ohio, as one of the cities on the list, prompting several people in the audience to clap.

“Really? Really? You know what I think is a nice, walkable city? Ann Arbor. Not Columbus, Ohio,” he remarked of the city that came in fourth on the list. This prompted the woman to air her disapproval. 

When confronted by Ripa, the woman smiled and confirmed that she’s a resident of the Buckeye capital.

The conversation moved on with Ripa and Consuelos both amazed that New York City placed a lowly ten on the list.“I like cities where you can walk. Listen, I walk around Los Angeles. It’s a weird experience, because to me it’s such a walkable city, and yet nobody walks there. So, you have to ask yourself, why is nobody walking?”

Philadelphia topped the list of walkable cities in the US.

Ripa commented on this too, saying that as someone who hails from South Jersey, she’s extremely familiar with the City of Brotherly Love.

“I’m a big walker in Philly. I’m from South Jersey, so I know the area well, but I’d say it’s less of a walking city than New York. It’s not a grid, it’s all over the place.”

New York’s lowly place on the list was due to the Big Apple’s sheer size, even if the USA Today write-up on the list noted that all of the significant landmarks in the city are within walking distance.

Smaller cities, such as Providence, Rhode Island, and Burlington, Vermont, are placed behind Philadelphia. Boston also placed in the top five.