While us regular folk will flee to our local shore towns and wait three hours to cram ourselves into a bar that plays mediocre club music on Memorial Day weekend, daytime TV stars like Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos will be venturing to Long Island for something far more glamorous - their friend's annual "Sausage Fest."
It's been just over a month since Consuelos took over Ryan Seacrest's job as his wife's co-host of the long-running morning talk show - and the married couple has never shied away from sharing their personal lives. This morning's episode of Live with Kelly and Mark was no different as the duo dished on their lavish getaway for the upcoming holiday weekend.
"I'm really excited because Albert Bianchini - our dear friend Albert Bianchini - has this thing every Memorial Day weekend. It's called Sausage Fest. I don't like it," Consuelos admitted, while Ripa added, "I don't know anybody that enjoys Sausage Fest."
The Riverdale star then speculated that his friend "undercooks the sausage," before joking that he's going to bring a thermometer to this year's event - which will hopefully be much less rainy than last year.
"It's the Met Gala of Long Island," Ripa quipped. "If the Met Gala had a fire pit and people gathered around, huddling under a singular umbrella. Freezing."
The longtime host went on to air her grievances over the Northeast's unpredictable weather around this time of year, saying she oftentimes asks her husband why they live where they do.
"Every week before Memorial Day we get this banner weather forecast where it's gonna be 70s and 80s and sunshine," she explained. "But then, just in time for the weekend, what happens? It drops 35 degrees, the umbrellas come out and you sit inside, staring outside, thinking, 'Why? Why do I live here for all of my life?'"
Live with Kelly and Mark airs on weekdays at 9/8c on ABC.