Kelly Ripa has auditioned To Co-Host ‘Live!’

Kelly Ripa has auditioned "Live! With Kelly" co-hosts since Regis Philbin left the show in November 2011, but one name can be ruled out: Mark Consuelos, Ripa's husband.

“No one would make me happier than Mark, but he values our marriage and he says that he doesn’t see how we could stay married and both do that show," Ripa told George Wayne in a new Vanity Fair interview appearing in the June 2012 issue.

Kelly Ripa: My Husband Co-Hosting 'Live' Would End Our Marriage

Kelly Ripa has auditioned "Live! With Kelly" co-hosts since Regis Philbin left the show in November 2011, but one name can be ruled out: Mark Consuelos, Ripa's husband.

“No one would make me happier than Mark, but he values our marriage and he says that he doesn’t see how we could stay married and both do that show," Ripa told George Wayne in a new Vanity Fair interview appearing in the June 2012 issue.

When Kathie Lee Gifford left "Live!" in 2000, Philbin hosted the program solo with a rotating cast of guest co-hosts for a year before Ripa officially joined. The show is following a similar format this year.

"I've been through it from the other side," Ripa told the Associated Press. "I sort of understand how it works, and what it is they're looking for, and how this process can't be rushed."

Several famous faces have been making return appearances to "Live! With Kelly". Consuelo’s, "Saturday Night Live's" Seth Meyers, NY1's Pat Kiernan, comedian D.L. Hughley, actor Jerry O'Connell, former football player Michael Strahan and singer Josh Groban have all made several appearances at the desk alongside Ripa.

When Kathie Lee Gifford left "Live!" in 2000, Philbin hosted the program solo with a rotating cast of guest co-hosts for a year before Ripa officially joined. The show is following a similar format this year.

"I've been through it from the other side," Ripa told the Associated Press. "I sort of understand how it works, and what it is they're looking for, and how this process can't be rushed."

Ripa has been joined by an endless list of celebrities on the show since Philbin’s departure. Jerry Seinfeld, Neil Patrick Harris, Seth Meyers, Pat Kiernan, D.L. Hughley, Jerry O’Connell, and Josh Groban have all had their turn sitting beside Kelly, but Ripa said it could take some more time to find the right co-host.

Several famous faces have been making return appearances to "Live! »  - Chris Harnick

"Every day we come up with new ideas, and we get new revelations about who the new host should or shouldn't be," executive producer Michael Gelman said in January 2012. "The chemistry is key -- and not just with Kelly, but with the audience and the staff and the format."

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are happily married. And if they want to stay that way Mark better stay away from the chair vacated by Regis Philbin.

Ripa has been auditioning potential co-hosts since Regis left Live! With Regis and Kelly last year and the show has considered giving Ripa’s husband the job. But Ripa said that she wouldn’t be able to handle working everyday alongside her husband.

Ripa said: “No one would make me happier than Mark, but he values our marriage and he says that he doesn’t see how we could stay married and both do that show.