"It’s probably one of the toughest things we’ve had to do as a married couple," Consuelos said Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are mourning the loss of their beloved dog, Chewie, who died on Tuesday, Feb.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are mourning the death of their beloved dog Chewie. The couple shared the devastating news on the Wednesday, Feb. 5 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, with Ripa breaking down as they revealed they had to put Chewie down the day before at the age of 17 due to

Wednesday’s Live with Kelly and Mark began on a somber note, as Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa broke the news that their beloved dog, Chewie, died yesterday (Feb. 4). Consuelos explained that their eldest pup had “stopped eating for a couple days and had been eating less and less for the past few weeks,

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have been happily married since 1996, but there was a point in time in which there was some tension between them, all because of Al Roker. The famous couple explained on their eponymous show on Feb. 4 how a text message mixup involving the Today show weatherman caused some confusion for them.

Consuelos also recalled accidentally stealing Roker's tagline as a celebrity weatherman on Good Morning America.