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Mark Consuelos opened up about the death of his father, Saul Consuelos, on the I’ve Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario <\/em>podcast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The actor shared the tragic news of his father’s death on Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em> last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n “I’ve never said, ‘I miss my dad.’ Because he’s always been in my life. He’s always been available to me,” Consuelos emotionally shared with DiDario.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Mark Consuelos<\/a> is opening up about the loss of his father, Saul Consuelos<\/a>, after announcing his death on Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em><\/a> last month.<\/p>\n The daytime TV co-host reflected on losing the man he described as a “mythical character” during an appearance on iHeartRadio’s I’ve Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario<\/em><\/a> podcast that aired Tuesday. In a clip shared by PEOPLE<\/a> ahead of the episode’s premiere, the All My Children <\/em>alum admitted that he prayed for “a merciful exit” for his father after a long battle with illness, and was grateful that “it happened that way \u2014 very quickly and painlessly.”<\/p>\n “It was kind of a brutal five-month saga leading up to him passing,” Consuelos said. “I knew it was happening. We all knew, this is going to happen.”<\/p>\n But even though the actor said he tried to emotionally prepare himself for “the eventuality” of the loss ahead of time, when his father died, the reality hit hard.<\/p>\n