Kelly Ripa has hilariously revealed that she feels a special connection to dolphins.

The TV host, 53, said during the Tuesday, August 27 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark that she felt spiritually linked to the majestic mammals while on board a boat off the coast of Mexico during a friend’s 50th birthday.

The group had rented a boat for “sunset cocktails” when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by wild dolphins.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Ripa, whose husband, Mark Consuelos, cohosts the show, then detailed how the revelation surfaced. “We had just done the show in Miami, and we’d gone to the Seaquarium and I swam with the dolphins. We were doing a taped piece where we communicate with the dolphins. So I, Kelly Ripa, jump into the water and I go, ‘I know how to talk to the dolphins!’ I’m like, ‘I’m going to call them over!’” she said.

Drawing laughter from Consuelos, 53, Ripa went on to explain she felt no danger while swimming in the middle of the ocean, despite somebody in the group urging her to remain cautious.

“Our friend Brian was standing on the bow of the boat and he’s going, ‘Kel, get back in the boat. Those are wild dolphins, those aren’t trained dolphins,'” Ripa said. “But, in my mind, I thought I could talk to the dolphins because I’d spoken so fluently to them.”