Mark Consuelos injured his finger playing beach volleyball during his summer break and got a "mallet finger," which is a torn tendon. During the new season premiere of Live with Kelly and Mark, Mark wore a cast on one of his fingers and admitted that he had a "major injury". Kelly Ripa, his wife, made an NSFW joke about his injury during the show, which sent both the audience and Consuelos into hysterics. Consuelos went to the doctor and learned that he had to keep his finger cast for 8 weeks.