LIVE hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos celebrate 30 years of marriage in May. In addition to seeing each other at home, the couple works together as well. He joined LIVE as a permanent co-host in 2023 after Ryan Seacrest left.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos met on the set of the ABC soap opera All My Children. They snuck off to Vegas in May 1996 to marry. They kept their relationship a secret for months until Wendy Williams exposed them. Now, they don’t keep much about their marriage a secret at all.
The pair often takes real-life things from their marriage and talks about them on television. Mark Consuelos opened up about how the show saves their marriage. Keep reading for all the details.
LIVE Hosts Mark Consuelos & Kelly Ripa Use Talk Show As Marriage Counseling
Kelly Ripa hit several milestones this year. She celebrated 25 years at LIVE in February. Next up is her 30th wedding anniversary. Mark Consuelos spilled surprising details about their long-lasting marriage during an appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live.
The actor, who starred in Scream 7 and is making his Broadway debut soon, said that they never bring arguments from the show home with them. However, they bring arguments from home to air out on the show.
“Sometimes, we bring up stuff on air because it’s kind of a safe space. ‘Cos there’s an audience there, and you can kind of make a joke out of it,” Mark Consuelos confessed about using the show as marriage counseling. The married couple often jokes about their next spouses if one of them were to die. Kelly Ripa joked that her next husband would be an older man on the brink of death.
Kelly Ripa Reveals Husband’s Worst Habit
In addition to the daytime talk show, Kelly Ripa has her own podcast. Her husband was one of the first guests on Let’s Talk Off Camera. The couple opened up about what keeps their marriage alive despite often being away from each other for work commitments.
Kelly Ripa confessed to doing whatever it takes to keep Mark Consuelos interested, even taking their intimate ritual to FaceTime. Elsewhere in the podcast episode, she spilled her husband’s worst habit.
“This is not recent, because it definitely changed, and I don’t know if I changed or if you changed or if it was some combination of change — but you used to be insanely jealous,” Kelly Ripa said.
The LIVE host added, “And that was a hard pill to swallow. It’s very hard being married to somebody who is jealous.” Luckily, the couple overcame the jealousy and are stronger than ever. Tell us in the comments if you think it’s a good idea for them to bring their personal disagreements to the audience at home.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
