Kelly Ripa recalled a stressful situation involving her dog, Lena, during the May 26 episode of Live with Kelly & Mark. The ABC host revealed that she accidentally locked her dog with her keys in the car during a weekend trip to Palm Springs. The incident meant that Kelly was forced to call 911 to help her resolve the problem.
"I had an event this weekend, as you know," she shared. "I was debating whether or not I should talk about it."
Kelly explained that she traveled to Palm Springs, California, to purchase some "amazing dates" that her family likes from a local street festival. "We’re gonna walk the street festival. We’re gonna have the time of our lives," she said.
© Instagram"She [Lena] made friends. She was like, 'I'm a California girl now!' She was prancing down the street. Typically, she’s very afraid of large groups of people and other dogs, but Thursday night, no. She was like, 'This is who I am now. I am Palm Springs Lena. I have dog friends. I’m not afraid of people. I love it here,'" Kelly added.
After purchasing the dates, Kelly returned to the car and placed her dog in the passenger seat. However, upon walking to the driver's side, she noticed the car doors were locked. "Now, I’m like, 'Oh, my god! What do I do?'" she said.
© InstagramKelly enlisted the help of "a man in a van". "He looks just as afraid of me as I am of the van. And I say, 'I'm sorry. That is my car — I lied, it's my husband's car — That is my car. I locked the keys and my human dog and my phone inside the car.' I said 'my human dog,' because they need to understand this is more than a dog, this is a person," she shared. "And he says, 'We'll call AAA.' And I go, 'I would, but my phone is also locked in the car. And, if I’m being honest, I don’t know what AAA is.’ And he goes, ‘What’s your policy number?' I go, 'I don’t know what that means. I’m sure it’s all locked in the car.'"
The star had no choice but to then call 911. "I’m like, 'Hi. I’m in the parking garage at the casino, and I have locked my human dog and my phone and my keys and my wallet and everything in the car. Can you send someone to break into the car for me?’” she said. “And they said, ‘Ma’am, we don’t break into cars,'" she recalled.
© Getty ImagesKelly continued: "This tow truck guy comes. He doesn’t say one word to me. He doesn’t ask any questions, like, 'Is this your car?; He just gets right to it. He comes. He breaks into this car in three seconds. I’m not even kidding."
"I sit down in the car, I fasten my seatbelt, and Lena's head pops up. And she was like, 'You have no idea!' She looked at me like this, like, ‘There were strangers trying to break into this car. I stayed hidden. Girl.'"
Kelly called the situation "so scary". "All I could think of was, 'Forget the dog. Mark [Consuelos] is going to kill me. Mark is going to kill me. I was like, 'He knows. The dog is psychologically communicating with him, telepathically,'" she added.
