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Kelly Ripais celebrating the love of her life on his special day.
As her husband,Mark Consuelos, turned 51 on Wednesday, Ripa posted several photos on her Instagram Story to honor him. In addition to some solo images of theRiverdaleactor, she included pictures of Consuelos with their children: daughterLola, 20, and sonsMichael, 24, andJoaquin, 18.
“Happy birthday to the love of my life @instasuelos,” she captioned a photo of them. “Happy birthday sexy,” she wrote alongside another photo.
Ripa, 51, also celebrated Consuelos on Wednesday’s episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryanand joked about being a few months older than him.
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The mom of three continued, “Now it will be like, ‘The pair, a combined 102…’ So it’s very funny, 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.’ I’m like, ‘I’m 6 months older than you, what are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘We were born in different years!’ "
Since eloping in 1996, Ripa and Consuelos have been married for 25 years.
Over the years, the longtime couple has been candid about many aspects of their relationship. They have previously described their marriageto be “almost old-fashioned.”
“What’s funny is I think of us as such a progressive as a couple. I always think of us as politically progressive … we’re progressive people,” Ripa said on theDouble Datepodcast in April 2021. “And yet, when it comes to our own family and our marriage and our roles, I think of us as very traditional and almost old-fashioned in our roles.”
Meanwhile, Consuelos once toldEsquirethat he felt he was “just getting” marriage after more than a decade in.
“I don’t think I could give anybody advice,” he said in 2019. “I guess sometimes you see these public marriages end and you wonder, ‘Really? You’re going to quit now? It’s just been a couple of years. Maybe you should try to stick it out.'”
“It’s kind of great to have a life together with someone,” he continued. “Of course, I’m not supporting staying in a horrible marriage. I’m just saying, if you can, maybe wait until it calms down a little bit. Wait until the magic happens.”
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source: people.com
