Live’s Kelly Ripa suffers wardrobe ‘emergency’ almost missing start of show and still fumbles with outfit live on air

LIVE's Kelly Ripa has admitted she had a wardrobe emergency before coming out on stage.

The incident took place during the May 31 edition of the morning talk show.

Kelly hadn't been out on stage for a minute yet as she joined husband Mark at the Live with Kelly and Mark desk.

Nothing seemed out of place, but it turned out Kelly had an issue with her outfit before coming out to start the show.

"How are you?" Mark asked Kelly.

"I had a small wardrobe emergency backstage!" exclaimed Kelly.

She began tying the front of her dress together as she was seated.

"It was very exciting," she quipped.

"I almost did not walk out here!"

"I was wondering how that was going to go," Mark said, teasing as he looked over at his wife, still trying the ties on her shirt.

"I know, I heard you out there clawing at the door," Kelly joked.

"Like, walking out here, how I was gonna stretch," Mark continued.

Kelly asked: "Like how you were gonna wait for me?"

He joked that he then got "drunk with power" as he quipped about making the show "anything."

The pair had a good laugh about the situation and got the show underway.

Meanwhile, Kelly was joined by Mark on Thursday's show, treating fans to a shocking NSFW moment.

During the show, the fitness enthusiast couple worked out with a trainer, showing off their physiques as they ran through various exercises.

Mark, 52, stepped in to replace Ryan Seacrest as host alongside his wife on Live!

The pair worked out with trainer Joey Thurman, running through different minimum-effort exercises.

At one point, the couple was shown a move that required them to lay on their backs, lifting their butts off the floor while holding their hands on their hips.

The exercise was meant to target the butt.

Joey encouraged them: "Squeeze the glutes. You can smack your butt if you want to, Mark."

The actor proceeded to do just that before reaching over and slapping his wife's butt.

She carried on as though nothing happened for a few moments before shouting: "This feels pornographic to me."

Joey then joked: "It's ratings season. Come on."

Kelly and Mark have recorded several episodes of Live! With Kelly and Mark, featuring the husband and wife duo hosting the morning show together.

Viewers have had their share of critiques about the hosting duo and the show overall, with many slamming Live! for airing too many pre-recorded shows.

Fans better get used to it, however.

Amid threats from viewers to boycott the talk show, The U.S. Sun exclusively reported that Kelly and Mark pre-recorded several episodes of the show together.

The episodes were filmed two months before producers plan to record them.

On April 26, Live with Kelly and Mark pre-taped the June 19 episode.

Then, on April 27, production filmed the episode that is scheduled to air on June 26.

"The opening monologue for the pre-recorded episodes is very general, like, discussing relationships and Mark and Kelly's marriage and life with the kids," an insider told The U.S. Sun.

"They did not touch on big news stories, such as Jerry Springer's death, which broke in the middle of taping on April 27."

The source noted that the guests who were brought on for the June dates were cast members from The Walking Dead: Dead City, which premieres on June 18.

The show has at least five additional filming dates scheduled to pre-tape episodes in advance.