So much for pillow talk. When husband Mark Consuelos joined Kelly Ripa for a February 2017 episode of Live! With Kelly (some six years before he claimed a permanent spot at the desk), she used the opportunity to issue a complaint.
“When there’s special married couple time in our house,” she explained, “he’s immediately mean to me afterwards and I don’t like that. I think it’s bizarre. He becomes short with me, like irritated.”
Though Kelly later insisted it was just a joke, her husband of two-plus decades felt the need to defend himself when he noticed her quip had become a trending news story. “I just wanted to set the record straight that no one can be mean after something if they are unconscious,” he declared on-air days later. “I sleep.”
Echoed his bride, “Maybe that’s what I meant. I didn’t really mean mean. I meant completely disinterested—like sound asleep.”
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ImagesPerhaps a DM Would Have Been Appropriate?
There’s a reason kids Michael Consuelos, Lola Consuelos and Joaquin Consuelos are forced to tread lightly whenever they take an innocent scroll through social media.
Consider the time Mark revealed he’d be “taking over” the Instagram feed for his series Riverdale during a 2019 episode, prompting Kelly to comment, “Oooooooooooo. Daddy, I love when you take over.”
It’s just one of the reasons why the morning show fixture is pretty confident her children have done their best to erase any sign of them from social media.
“I’m certain they have blocked any channel with any mention of our names,” Kelly told E! News in April 2023. “Just like they block us on social media. They block us any way they can.”
Pants on Fire
Is that your gun or…? When Kelly posted a series of Halloween throwbacks in 2020—including Mark and pal Bruce Bozzi in full CHiPs regalia—her husband had a little something to say about the tight fit of his trousers.
“Full disclosure, I believe that’s definitely a shadow that’s causing that bulging effect,” he commented, causing his wife to reply, “ummmmm baby are you seeing shadows?”
And when Kelly appeared on E!’s Daily Pop days later, she wasn’t afraid to address what her man was packing. After host Justin Sylvester noted that was why they’d been married so long, she responded, “It’s not the only reason. But I would say the top three.”
What a View
Not that she’s griping, but the Halloween photo frenzy caused Kelly to get in the habit of doing a full-body scan before sharing any family memories.
When Justin Sylvester commented on Instagram that Kelly had been very deliberate with the images she’d shared from a November 2020 tropical getaway, the morning host cheekily replied, “You have no idea how carefully. And how limiting it all is (I’m not complaining).”
Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney General EntertainmentTaking Care of Business
The secret to their ever-lasting marriage after almost 30 years and three kids? “Love and sexy time,” Kelly said during a 2021 episode of Live!
The couple’s intimate way of dealing with stress came up when Mark was filling in as a guest co-host and he and Kelly were discussing the show Scenes From a Marriage.
“I was like, none of this would ever be happening in the Mark Consuelos household, because he would have nipped all of this in the bud immediately,” Kelly said of the marital turmoil they watched. “He would have been like, ‘Oh, you’re upset? I know how to take care of that. Oh, you don’t feel good about something? I’ll take care of that. Oh, you’re feeling like maybe you’re overworked? I got you. I know what you need.'”
She continued, “Because everything for Mark is settled with—” before Mark interjected, “Love.”
Kelly added, “Love and sexy time.” Mark said, “Not everything. Not everything!” But she confirmed, “Just about almost everything.”
