Fans know married duo Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa first met while starring on the soap opera All My Children. While the two are now open about the early days of their decades-long romance, one of their former co-stars just gave even more insight into their immediate chemistry.

The ABC daytime soap opera, which debuted in 1970, is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year Susan Lucci was there when Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos first met — and it was steamy! Speaking before an audience for Susan Lucci in Conversation with Andy Cohen: All My Children at 55 at 92NY in New York City on Tuesday,

Susan Lucci knew that Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos were endgame after watching their All My Children audition three decades ago. "I just have to say something about Mark and Kelly,” Lucci, 78, said during Susan Lucci in Conversation with Andy Cohen: All My Children at 55 in New York City on Tuesday,

Ripa and Consuelos first met in 1995 during his screen test to play her love interest on the famous soap Kelly Ripa has a lot to thank casting director Judy Blye Wilson for — and she’s well aware! The Live with Kelly and Mark co-host opened up about Wilson's impact on her life during a panel discussion at the 92Y in N.