EXCLUSIVE: It’s smooth sailing this summer for Live with Kelly and Mark. The daytime talk show hit a summertime high during the week of July 21, averaging 2.2M viewers - up 7% versus the week prior to become Live‘s best weekly performance since April.

However, Kelly Ripa has been absent for a week now. Starting on August 4, she was replaced by Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn on Monday. Consuelos did not address the reason for his wife’s absence. Ripa was out for the entire week, with Jenna Dewan and Rita Ora filling in for her the rest of the week.

Live With Kelly and Mark is without one of its titular personalities this week, but fret not, there was good reason. Kelly Ripa is seemingly simply enjoying her annual summer break from the longtime ABC talk show leading to her recent absence.