It was a classic "Live with Kelly and Mark" moment: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos trying—heroically—to decode the language of Gen Z. On Friday’s episode, the married co-hosts found themselves hilariously out of their depth after stumbling across the mysterious slang term “6-7.”
Consuelos kicked off the generational confusion with a question that instantly set the tone: “Have you heard this new thing that kids are saying? This slang? 6-7?” Ripa admitted she had heard it, but had “no idea what it means.”
© GettyThat’s when the audience became their classroom.
The Great 6-7 Mystery Begins
Consuelos spotted a young audience member and called him out for an impromptu pop quiz. The boy confidently replied that “6-7” referred to “the height of a famous person.” Naturally, that only deepened the confusion.
“So it doesn’t mean anything?” Consuelos asked. The child doubled down: “It’s just a height.” Cue the puzzled faces.
The pair soon learned the term traces back to the Skrilla track “Doot Doot (6 7),” which launched a mini-wave of viral videos on TikTok, complete with a quirky hand gesture where users move their hands up and down, palms up.
Trying to Speak Gen Z
As Ripa tried to decode the ritual hand motion, Consuelos decided they needed more “young people” input. He turned to another section of the audience, where a teenage girl gave what might be the most Gen Z answer ever: “It’s more like when the numbers are next to each other. Then it’s like everyone recognizes it and says 6-7.”
© Disney via Getty ImagesHer friend chimed in with a real-life example. “If you got your number and it says 1-6-7, you’d be like, ‘Oh, 6-7.’” Even their AP Stats teacher, apparently fluent in TikTok-speak, gets in on it. When she says something like “10.67%,” the entire class just looks at each other and goes like this, demonstrating the hand gesture.
Ripa’s Verdict: “Guys, It’s Dumb!”
After several minutes of enthusiastic yet unhelpful Gen Z explanations, the couple concluded the trend means absolutely nothing. “Basically, it means nothing,” Ripa read from the article that started their conversation. Consuelos grinned and confirmed, “It means 6-7.”
When Ripa declared, “Guys, it’s dumb,” the studio erupted in laughter. But she quickly softened the blow, calling the Gen Z participants “adorable” for making it look fun.
© Disney via Getty ImagesNever one to miss a sports reference, Consuelos realized he might have finally found a use for the term. “Baker Mayfield from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is number 6. And Bucky Irving is number 7. When they score touchdowns—6-7!” he said proudly.
Suddenly, the nonsense made sense, at least in a football context. Even executive producer Michael Gelman jumped in, joking that maybe it could be used for “lottery numbers.” Ripa, meanwhile, wanted to know what emoji she should text when trying to send the 6-7 hand gesture. Consuelos laughed: “Yeah, I’m from Tampa, and this means something else!”
© Lorenzo BevilaquaSure, “6-7” may not have any deep meaning, but that’s exactly what makes it a perfect symbol of internet culture. It’s random, viral, and totally unserious, just like most of the things that unite Gen Z online.
And while Ripa and Consuelos might never truly master Gen Z’s alphabet soup of slang, they’ve already nailed the most important part, which is keeping the conversation playful, curious, and full of heart.
