It was a ruff morning for Kelly Ripa. Despite getting to play with adorable puppies on Tuesday’s (June 25) episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, the longtime host was forced to leave her seat at one point after she noticed a button was missing from her outfit.

As part of the hit morning talk show’s “Dog Days of Summer Week,” Ripa and her husband/co-host Mark Consuelos invited Pup Culture author Victoria Shaffer — and a litter of puppies — into the studio to give them some tips on dog grooming.

Following the segment, Ripa — who sported a chic, black jumpsuit — noticed that she was missing a button.

“I hope one of the dogs didn’t eat my button,” she told Consuelos, before a producer seemingly found it on the floor. “Oh my gosh, there it is! Let me get it.”

The All My Children alum then left the frame to retrieve her button, which, fortunately, was only holding together the cuff on her wrist. Therefore, the star was able to avoid yet another near-“wardrobe emergency.”

Back in a May 2023 episode of Live, Ripa revealed that she almost didn’t make it out for her opening chat with Consuelos. She told her husband, “I had a small wardrobe emergency backstage! It was very exciting,” before adding, “I almost did not walk out here!”

It wasn’t the first time the hot pink dress Ripa wore during that episode caused problems. While wearing it for a jive lesson on Consuelos’ first week since taking over for Ryan Seacrest back in April, she suffered a wardrobe malfunction as she was dipped over her husband’s knee.

“Did my entire back of my dress rip open?” she asked as she jumped up. “OK, fine. It’s just a breakaway dress.”

Consuelos confirmed that it had ripped “just a little bit,” to which Dancing with the Stars pro  Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy joked that wardrobe malfunctions are “what dance is all about.”

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