{"id":2351369,"date":"2026-03-30T12:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2351369"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:51:04","slug":"howie-mandel-apologizes-to-kelly-ripa-after-viral-on-air-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/howie-mandel-apologizes-to-kelly-ripa-after-viral-on-air-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Howie Mandel Apologizes to Kelly Ripa After Viral On-Air Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Howie Mandel is apologizing to Kelly Ripa <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/celebrity\/news\/kelly-ripa-and-mark-consuelos-backhanded-compliment-to-howie-mandel-inspires-him-to-clap-back\/\">after an awkward exchange<\/a> during <em>Live With Kelly and Mark <\/em>made headlines last week. <\/p>\n<p>The comedian, 70, took to Instagram on Saturday to issue an apology to the talk show host after initially refusing to accept Ripa, 55, complimenting his appearance during the March 23 episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/tv-shows\/news\/live-with-kelly-and-mark-experiences-broadcast-glitch-during-interview\/\">her ABC daytime show<\/a>, which she co-hosts with husband Mark Consuelos.<\/p>\n<p>Mandel told Ripa that telling someone who is his age that they \u201clook great\u201d doesn\u2019t mean anything, as it implies that they only look good for their age, adding that it\u2019s like saying, \u201cYou\u2019re smart for a stupid person.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>In Mandel\u2019s apology video, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/celebrity\/news\/howie-mandel-reveals-ultimatum-led-seeking-mental-health-help-exclusive\/\">the <em>America\u2019s Got Talent <\/em>star<\/a> said he was simply making a joke that didn\u2019t land how he intended. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been debating for 48 hours whether I should make this post or not. And I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m doing the right thing, philosophically,\u201d Mandel began his video, explaining, \u201cI don\u2019t believe that somebody \u2026 who\u2019s a comedian needs to apologize for a joke. It is a joke. It is meant as a joke, and it\u2019s not meant to offend \u2026 In all my years, 50 years in the business, I haven\u2019t ever publicly kind of apologized for [a joke]. It\u2019s hard for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this is for Kelly Ripa, who, in the past, has been incredibly supportive,\u201d he continued. \u201cNot only have I been a guest on her show, but I have co-hosted with her, and I\u2019ve known her for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/JnZmQsH9ADA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Howie Mandel Says He&#039;s Gorgeous at 70\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnZmQsH9ADA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Howie Mandel Says He&#039;s Gorgeous at 70\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnZmQsH9ADA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen I go out there, I just try to be entertaining and funny, and sometimes, as a comedian, things don\u2019t land the way you mean them to land,\u201d Mandel added, continuing, \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know how to say this, but not only do I want to say I\u2019m sorry to Kelly, but \u2014 and this is the hardest part \u2014 you\u2019re right. You\u2019re absolutely right. And I\u2019m sorry I didn\u2019t see it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut after a lot of thought and self-reflection, I do look great for my age! I really do,\u201d Mandel went on. \u201cI look fantastic, and I just have to embrace the fact that I look this good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source popculture.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howie Mandel is apologizing to Kelly Ripa after an awkward exchange during Live With Kelly and Mark made headlines last week. The comedian, 70, took to Instagram on Saturday to issue an apology to the talk show host after initially refusing to accept Ripa, 55, complimenting his appearance during the March 23 episode of her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2351370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[306940,34127,351251],"class_list":["post-2351369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-howie-mandel","tag-kelly-ripa","tag-live-with-kelly-and-mark"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Howie-Mandel-Apologizes-to-Kelly-Ripa-After-Viral-On-Air-Moment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2351371,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351369\/revisions\/2351371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}