Kelly Ripa Reflects on 27 Years of Marriage With Mark Consuelos, Talks New Podcast (Exclusive)
etonline.comKelly Ripa's secret to a long and happy marriage is that there «is no secret.» The TV personality and Mark Consuelos tied the knot on May 1, 1996, and 27 years later they're still going strong. «It goes fast, I'm telling you,» Ripa tells ET's Rachel Smith of her decades-long marriage while promoting her SiriusXM podcast, . "...You’re going to go through things, there are ups and downs.«Offering up some advice, the 52-year-old host adds, „The thing is, don't panic. ...I think if you ask either one of us how long we've been married we'll probably say something in between three and eight years because that seems like a reasonable number to be married.
But then we look and we have adult children and we've gone through a lot of things together. And our kids will show us documentaries that they think we'd find interesting and I'll say to them, 'Oh, you know, Dad and I were married when that went down.' And they're like, 'What?
But look at how old-fashioned it is.' They can't conceptualize. It's funny. It goes faster than you think.“Ripa and Consuelos, who first met on the set of, are parents to 26-year-old Michael, 21-year-old Lola, and 20-year-old Joaquin.
The couple has been co-hosting together since Ryan Seacrest's exit earlier this year, and Ripa is also heading up her own podcast, .While she's interviewed celebrities and powerful people for decades on TV, the podcast gives her an opportunity to dig deeper with her guests. »When you do a daily talk show, which I enjoy very much obviously, you're really only getting to talk to people for three or four minutes max and you’re talking about what they have to promote," Ripa explains of the difference between and her podcast.
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