Kelly Ripa's Quotes About The Bachelorette, Bachelor

Kelly Ripa vs. Jenn Tran

When the first Asian-American Bachelorette appeared on Live in July 2024 on the day of her season’s premiere episode, Kelly laid into Jenn about why she had to go on reality TV to find a man.

“You’re drop dead gorgeous. You could meet anybody, anywhere, at any time. Why, why, why?” Kelly asked the aspiring physician’s assistant, who fired back, “I mean, is Hinge any better?” referring to the dating app.

“No, not Hinge! The office! Medical school! I don’t know!” the host told Joey Graziadei‘s former Bachelor contestant.

Jenn tried to turn the tables on Kelly by correlating how she met husband Mark Consuelos on TV when they starred as love interests on the soap opera All My Children.

“I have a question. Where’d you meet your husband?” the Miami resident asked. Kelly shot back, “At work!” while Jen pressed back, “On TV, no?”

“Those are not the same! We were both professionals. I didn’t marry Mateo Santos. I married Mark Consuelos,” the Philadelphia native fired back, referring to Mark’s character on All My Children.

Kelly circled back to her original point of questioning why Jenn would look for her future husband on a reality TV competition, telling her, “What I’m saying to you is you could meet a nice physician’s assistant.”