Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Joke About ‘Gray Divorce’

Kelly Ripa is joking about wanting a “grey divorce” from her husband, Mark Consuelos.

Ripa, 54, overtly talked concerning the topic throughout the Friday, October 11, episode of Stay With Kelly and Mark.

“I used to be studying this text, and I began speaking to Mark about it, and Mark acquired very defensive,” Ripa started, noting that Consuelos, 53, requested, “‘Why are you studying that article?’”

Explaining that she was killing time on the airport when she started studying the “fascinating” piece concerning the uptick in grey divorces over time, Ripa mentioned that her curiosity was piqued after she realized that the share of {couples} getting divorced over the age of fifty has practically quadrupled in the previous few a long time.

“Again in 1990, solely 8.7 p.c of marriages amongst individuals over 50 resulted in divorce. And by 2019, that quantity had jumped to 36 p.c,” she mentioned, including that a number of the causes included empty nest syndrome, infidelity, lack of frequent pursuits, well being issues and extra.

Ripa went on to clarify that she discovered herself pondering the concept of a grey divorce, however not as a result of her and Consuelos’ relationship is rocky. Noting that she listened to the article, the longtime daytime discuss present host attributed the narrator’s tranquil voice as to why she began considering, “Oh, I would like one.”

She continued, “Like, it appears like one thing wonderful, and then you definitely notice, ‘Oh, that is very darkish subject material.’ However the voice of the narrator is so soothing.”

Consuelos and Ripa’s love story is one for the books. Their romance started on the set of All My Youngsters in 1995 when the cleaning soap opera was seeking to forged a love curiosity for her character.

“They didn’t desire a dark-haired man, they wished a Latino actor. So I had auditioned each Latino actor within the metropolis and across the metropolis after which California,” Ripa dished throughout a SiriusXM interview in August 2018, recalling that All My Youngsters casting director Judy Blye Wilson ended the search as soon as and for all after discovering Consuelos.

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A 1995 display take a look at for All My Youngsters resulted in an enduring marriage for Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. The Stay With Kelly and Mark cohosts’ relationship hasn’t faltered since they first locked eyes when Consuelos learn for the a part of Mateo Santos, who would ultimately grow to be Ripa’s character Hayley Vaughan’s onscreen love. Shortly after […]

“[Judy] confirmed me his image,” she recalled, including, “Once I noticed him, the {photograph} of him, I noticed my whole future with him flash earlier than [my eyes]. Like, I noticed it. I [didn’t] consider in any of that and now I do due to that second.”

The pair immediately grew to become inseparable and eloped in Las Vegas in 1996. Collectively they share three kids: sons Michael, 27, and Joaquin, 21, and daughter Lola, 23.

Whereas talking solely to Us Weekly in 2019, Consuelos gushed about his relationship with Ripa, telling Us that he’s completely “loopy about” his spouse.

“She’s an especially affected person and a tolerant girl, and I feel that’s the true secret to our marriage,” he mentioned earlier than detailing one other one in all their marriage secrets and techniques: communication.

He added, “I like to listen to from her, she likes to listen to from me.”