Kelly Ripa Is Returning to “All My Children”

Back before she was a co-host on Live! With Regis and Kelly, I used to watch Kelly Ripa as Hayley Santos on All My Children.  She was married to Mateo Santos who is played by her real-life husband, Mark Consuelos (they eloped back when they were still regulars on the soap opera).

All My Children is about to celebrate their 40th anniversary and Kelly and Mark have agreed to return to Pine Valley for episodes that will air on January 4 and 5, 2010.  They haven’t been on the show since they both left in 2002 so I’m interested to see how they will bring them back (and then make them go away again).

Does anyone remember Kelly back when she was playing Hayley?  She was a little heavier (a lot heavier in the earlier days) and she had black hair at first but then became a blonde.

Here’s a video montage from the good ol’ days!