Kelly Ripa marked her daughter Lola Consuelos’s 25th birthday on Monday with a warm and personal Instagram tribute, calling her “the love of our lives.”
The post was short and heartfelt. Ripa wrote that Lola makes “everyday a party,” and backed it up with a row of festive emojis, including a birthday cake and a red heart. She tagged Lola’s Instagram handle, @theyoungestyung, drawing a genuine spotlight to her daughter’s quiet corner of social media. The caption was classic Ripa: direct, warm, and clearly written for Lola more than for the audience.
Lola Grace Consuelos, the middle child of Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos, turned 25 on June 16. She has an older brother, Michael. Her younger brother is Joaquin. Growing up with parents like Ripa and Mark means navigating a lot of attention without asking for it. All three kids have mostly managed to do exactly that.
Lola has especially leaned into that privacy. She’s attended events and turned up in family photos over the years. She’s appeared in her parents’ social feeds here and there. But she’s never built out a public persona the way many celebrity kids do. Her Instagram exists. She’s never packaged it as an influencer account or a destination for fans.
Fans filled the comments with birthday wishes for Lola.
Ripa has been hosting Live in some form since 2001, making her one of daytime television’s most familiar faces. She and Mark now co-host Live with Kelly and Mark on ABC. Mark joined as her full-time co-host in 2023. Ryan Seacrest’s run on the show had ended, and Mark stepped in. The couple married in 1996. They met on the set of All My Children. Family stories are a regular thread on the show. They talk openly about their adult kids and the particular humor of that stage of life.
Birthday posts are a regular part of Ripa’s Instagram. Each tends to carry a personal detail, feeling less like a social media post and more like a private note. Monday’s message for Lola was no different.
That kind of privacy is genuinely rare for someone in Lola’s position. Celebrity kids often get pulled into the public eye, ready or not. Lola has mostly avoided that pull. She’s 25 now, and she’s reached that milestone with her privacy largely intact. That’s no small thing.
A birthday tribute from Kelly Ripa is probably about as public as Lola’s week gets. Lola has never pursued a bigger public platform, so a low-key shoutout may suit her fine.
