ABC’s David Muir Delivers Emotional ANNOUNCEMENT With Kelly Ripa As She Shares Big News
News anchor David Muir, who recently left fans swooning, spoke to LIVE with Kelly and Mark co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos about an inspiring project the couple recently completed.
ABC’s World News Tonight anchor interviewed the couple ahead of the premiere of their new ESPN docuseries, Running with the Wolves. The series follows their journey of becoming Italian soccer team owners. “You’ve really done it,” Muir told the pair as he came to talk to them on the LIVE set. “You’ve gone and bought a team,” he added while giving Ripa and Consuelos hugs in the clip posted to World News Tonight and Ripa’s Instagram accounts.
The joint post shared, “‘LIVE with Kelly and Mark’ co-host Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, who have given the world a major family update, share a new side of themselves as Italian soccer team owners, ahead of a new ESPN docuseries about their journey to help lift a town and their underdog soccer team. @DavidMuirABC speaks with them about their new docuseries Running with the Wolves on ESPN.” It comes after Muir issued a bombshell 4-word update to viewers as he stepped away from his desk on air.
Fans in the comments section raved about the four-part docuseries, with one person writing, “Just watched the first two episodes! Ready for the next two and hopefully more episodes in the future.”
David Muir interviewed Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos about their new docuseries
Another added, “Great story! Good luck,” as a third praised, “Can’t wait to watch this!” Yet another commended, “Watched the first episode. Just love it. So interesting to see how things become what they are. Been watching Kelly since the beginning and I am in love with Mark. What an absolutely wonderful couple. I watch every morning.”
The duo traveled to Italy, where Consuelos spent most of his childhood, to help elevate a town and their underdog soccer team that had been long forgotten.
Speaking of purchasing part of Campobasso FC, a historic Italian soccer club formed in 1919, they explained to Muir how their story resonated with the team’s passionate fanbase in southern Italy. “This project is particularly special to me,” said Consuelos, who spent the first seven years of his childhoos in Italy.
The couple’s involvement came at a crucial time for Campobasso, located in a lesser-known region of Italy. “This town in this little-known region of Italy.. was in danger of losing their football club that they’ve had over 100 years,” Consuelos explained.
Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa bought an Italian soccer team
Consuelos credited his Italian mother for his love of the game, recalling her emotional reaction when Italy won the World Cup in 1982. Owning part of the team has strengthened his bond with his mother, who now provides post-match critiques and discussions. “She’s actually very good; she should be in team management,” Ripa joked.
The famous couple made an immediate impact on the community. Local residents embraced the American owners who believed in their team’s potential.
“People have been fans for 40, 50 years, come up to you and say thank you,” Consuelos said. “And then conversely, see the little kids who are just now wearing the jerseys and having something to root for – it’s not work. It is an honor.”
Ripa added that they are commitment to success, “We really want to win for them. Obviously, we want to win, but we really want to win for the town.”
The four-part Running with the Wolves premiered July 29 on ESPN and ESPN+.
