Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Sweetest Quotes (and Best Clapbacks) About Their Relationship

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Whether it’s clapping back against the trolls or revealing the secret to their happy marriage, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos never hold back about their relationship.The couple initially crossed paths when Consuelos was cast as Ripa’s love interest on All My Children in 1995.“I auditioned him.

They’d been looking for this character for some time … They didn’t want a dark-haired guy, they wanted a Latino actor. So I had auditioned every Latino actor in the city and around the city and then California,” the actress detailed during a SiriusXM interview in August 2018. “Then all of a sudden, Judy Blye Wilson, who was the casting director in All My Children, said, ‘I found him’ … [Judy] showed me his picture and … when I saw him, the photograph of him, I saw my entire future with him flash before [my eyes].

Like, I saw it. I [didn’t] believe in any of that and now I do because of that moment.”After one year of dating, Ripa and Consuelos eloped in Las Vegas and later expanded their family with kids Michael, Joaquin and Lola.

The pair continued to mix business with pleasure with cameo appearances in each other’s projects including Hope & Faith and Riverdale.“[Riverdale creator] Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa] called me and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got a question to ask you.