Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.Photo: Kelly Ripa/Instagram
Mark Consuelosis doing some spring cleaning!
On Thursday’s episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan,Kelly Ripaopened up about how her husband of 26 years has been tossing out his wardrobe after he recently bulked up.
“He can’t fit in any of his clothes,” Ripa said. “He’s like, ‘I can’t button these shirts. Did you do something to them?’ Like, ‘Yeah, I secretly, behind your back, sewed them all a little bit tighter.’ "
TheRiverdaleactor wasn’t just complaining to his wife about it. As Ryan Seacrest recalled, at Consuelos' intimate birthday party last Friday, he vented to theAmerican Idolhost about it.
“[Mark] has this intense look that doesn’t always match the topic of conversation. Like, he has a piercing look as if there’s a major crisis he’s about to tell me,” Seacrest said. “And he turns to me and goes, ‘Bro, I got too big.’ I go, ‘What do you mean you got too big?’ ‘I can’t fit into any of my suits.’ I said, ‘What happened?’ ‘He goes, ‘I was lifting weights.’ Now I feel him, he’s jacked, right? But it looks like his world is ending in his mind because of it.”
Consuelos’ world might be ending but his closet purge might have its upsides according to Ripa.
“What’s funny about that is right now is he’s cleaning out his closet and he’s getting rid of all of the shirts that are too small. Which isallof the shirts,” she explained, before referencing Timothée Chalamet’s bare-chested Oscars look. “So I’m like, ‘Will you be wearing a suit tonight without a shirt?’ Because I’m pro Timothée Chalamet, I want to see that!”
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Ripa and Consuelos have been married since 1996, having met on the set ofAll My Childrenand eloping a few years later. The couple shared three children, daughterLola, 20, and sonsMichael, 24, andJoaquin, 18.
On March 30, Consuelos turned 51, Ripa celebrating him with a series of pics on social media. “Happy birthday to the love of my life @instasuelos,” she wrote on one, adding on another, “Happy birthday sexy.”
She also spoke out about him onLive with Kelly and Ryan, joking about being only a few months older than him.
She went on to explain that Consuelos constantly teases Ripa about her age. “He’s 6 months older than me but to hear him tell it — ‘I robbed the cradle, I took his youth, I’m on the prowl,’ " she said. “I’m like, ‘I’m 6 months older than you, what are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘We were born in different years!’ "
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Meanwhile, Consuelos wasn’t just complaining about his clothing problem at his birthday bash. He was also asking questions about Seacrest’s new girlfriend, Aubrey Paige.
The 23-year-old model — who Ripa gushed about onLive, saying she was “so fond of her” — is taller than Seacrest. Their height difference intrigued Consuelos, the actor wanting “to know the aerodynamics” of how their romance works, according to Ripa.
“Mark pulled me aside at the beginning of the night. He said, ‘Can I ask you a question? … She’s really tall. She’s taller than you, and much taller in heels. How does that work?'” Seacrest, 47, said. “I was like, ‘What are you asking me?’ "
“He was so confused. He was like, ‘When you walk together, who’s arm goes where?’ "
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Ripa then teased that Consuelos is “one to talk with those arms of his,” referencingtheir incompatible arm lengths. “He just realized there’s a whole world out there he’s never been able to explore,” she joked.
Live with Kelly and Ryanairs weekdays in syndication (check local listings).
source: people.com
