David Muir was seen making a rare public appearance as he left his newsdesk behind to walk the red carpet at a very special event for two of his closest friends.

David Muir was seen departing his newsdesk this week as he rushed to show his support for some special friends.

The 20/20 host made a rare appearance outside of his news studio. He walked the red carpet at the series premiere of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ new ESPN show Running With The Wolves in New York. He was snapped posing on the red carpet alone, as Kelly and Mark posed beside the team behind the show.

David then took to Instagram to share his support and congratulate Mark and Kelly as he shared a picture of himself at the event and captioned it, “Thanks for having me.” He also shared his admiration for the creation of the show.

Running With The Wolves is a docuseries that tells the behind-the-scenes story of Kelly and Mark as they took over ownership of the Italian Campobasso Football Club in 2022. The four-part series premieres on July 29 and will give viewers insight into how the couple turned the football club into a winning organization.

Mark previously shared the trailer with his 3.4 million Instagram followers, writing, “Proud and excited to announce our new ESPN Original series Running with the Wolves — an inside look at the underdog rise of our Campobasso Football Club.”

Mark and Kelly have never shared the full financial details of their takeover of the football club, but team controller Matt Rizzetta estimates the team’s value at $10 million, reports Forbes.

Kelly and Mark have a long history of being close friends with David, who even got a mention in the tributes section in Kelly’s book, Live Wire, which detailed him as the “backbone and moral compass I need sometimes.”

Kelly has revealed in the past how she hilariously reached out to him after seeing him on TV for the first time. Speaking to co-host Ryan Seacrest on Live at the time, she said, “I remember when I first saw David Muir file a report for World News Tonight. I didn’t know him at all.

“I immediately cracked into the ABC News system email — which you’re not supposed to use unless it’s for news — and I wrote: “Dude. You looked amazing tonight. Don’t know what was going on. Looked kinda dangerous where you are. But just wanted to let you know that you looked amazing. I had the volume down.”