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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos sent the Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0<\/em>staff an ice cream truck as the long-running talk show returned to air this week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0<\/em>was back on the air on Tuesday, Sept. 23, nearly a week after being indefinitely pulled from ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n During his Wednesday, Sept. 24 monologue, the late-night host revealed the “thoughtful” gesture from Ripa and Consuelos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> is giving props to Kelly Ripa<\/a> and Mark Consuelos<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Jimmy Kimmel Live! <\/em>host, 57, revealed on his Wednesday, Sept. 24 monologue \u2014 his second back after ABC temporarily suspended the show<\/a> \u2014 that the daytime talk show hosts sent his staff an ice cream truck after they returned to air.<\/p>\n During his opening remarks on Wednesday’s episode, Kimmel acknowledged that he wasn’t able to thank everybody who supported him during the brief hiatus of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>, in his first show back on Sept. 23. He thanked Bravo’s Andy Cohen<\/a> for supporting him and gave a nod to Ripa and Consuelos, both 54, who offered him a kind gesture following the ordeal.<\/p>\n “I want to thank my good friends Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for sending our staff an ice cream truck today, which is honestly very thoughtful and very sweet” Kimmel said, as his audience applauded.<\/p>\n “But next time, Kelly, if you could give us a heads up? Because when the truck pulled up, Guillermo<\/a> [Rodriguez] saw the word ‘ICE’ and dived under a recycling bin. We’re a little on edge out here, but thank you.”<\/p>\n