Kelly Ripa Recalls 'Complicated' Relationship With Late 'Live!' Co-Host Regis Philbin

Kelly Ripa has detailed how she feared she would get divorced from husband Mark Consuelos after their third child moved to college and left them as empty-nesters.MORE: Kelly Ripa makes surprisingly candid confession about the beginning of her marriage"It's scary, thrilling, liberating, shocking... and quiet," Kelly shared of living in a house with just Mark after raising three children over their 26 years of marriage.WATCH: Kelly Ripa and Michael Consuelos get into discussion about her eating habits"There were moments when I was like, 'We're going to be that couple: Our third child goes to college and we get divorced because this is it.' But there was this other moment, where we went to the beach alone for the first time since our honeymoon with cheese and a baguette,' she told People, adding that she realized she now had time to notice the sunset."So I think for us, it was 'Oh, this next phase of our lives, this is kind of great.'"Mark and Kelly wed in 1996 and the TV personality added that looking back they were both too young to get married but they have "fought for our marriage when it would have been easier to quit and throw in the towel".The two met on the set of All My Children when Kelly played the character of Hayley Vaughan and her husband, fittingly, her love interest Mateo Santos.

David Muir and Kelly Ripa have one of our favorite A-lister friendships so of course David was on hand to praise his best friend when she shared a new magazine cover.Kelly is promoting the release of her new book Live Wire and took to Instagram to share the new picture, writing: "If you heard, but I’ve written a book that hits the shelves TOMORROW!"WATCH: Kelly Ripa's love story with Mark ConsuelosDavid commented: "Hi pretty," which Kelly then liked. The two have been good friends for years, so much so that the Live with Kelly and Ryan star paid a heartfelt tribute to David in her book.An extract from the book - which was released on 30 September - was posted on Kelly's Instagram Stories over the weekend, and the message is included on a page of acknowledgements.It read: "To David Muir, you are the backbone and moral compass I need sometimes."David has been hugely supportive about Kelly's book and even took it out with him when he went for dinner the other night. Kelly Ripa paid tribute to David Muir in her book, Live WireHe took to his Instagram Stories to share a photograph of himself out enjoying dinner, and in his hand was Kelly's book.

“Watch What Happens Live” on Thursday night, Ripa alleged that she has been “targeted” and unfairly maligned due to her silence on the issue. “I wish I had set the record straight in real time,” she proclaimed.

After two-plus decades of marriage, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have never stopped having the hots for each other — and they want the world to know!

Kelly Ripa discussed her new book, revealing that the chapters dedicated to her former co-host, the late Regis Philbin, were the hardest to write. While appearing on "Watch What Happens Live" on Thursday, showrunner Andy Cohen discussed the controversy surrounding Philbin, saying that Philbin was never invited back to the show after he left, which Ripa addressed in her book, "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories." "Live! With Regis and Kelly" ran from 2001-2011. (James Devaney/WireImage) "You became a real target," Cohen said, to which Ripa replied, "I still am.

It’s tough to shock Andy Cohen, but Kelly Ripa managed to do it with the reveal that she and husband Mark Consuelos had sex in the Bravo exec’s house.

Kelly Ripa has worked with several co-hosts in her reign on daytime TV, most recently Ryan Seacrest, who sits alongside her for Seacrest, 47, joined the show in 2017 following Michael Strahan's feud-filled exit, and the pair seem to get along well. But on Thursday's Ripa, 51, was asked by some fans who her second picks for co-host were at the time. «It's so much a deeper discussion, and it has so little, actually, to do with me,» Ripa said of the selection process, which took a year before Seacrest was chosen. Referencing her longtime friends and fellow TV personalities, Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, Ripa said, «I love my ACs, of course, but they have jobs.» She also mentioned her actor husband, Mark Consuelos, saying, «My MC I love, but he had a job too.

Kelly Ripa didn’t hold back as she was questioned about her and husband Mark Consuelos’ sex life on Thursday’s “Watch What Happens Live”.

Kelly Ripa revealed that the chapters about her late co-host Regis Philbin in her new book Live Wire were the 'hardest' to write while promoting it Thursday on a talk show.The 51-year-old daytime talk show host, while wearing a short black-and=white polka dot dress, discussed Regis, who died at age 88 in 2020, while appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Bravo. Andy, 54, said he was blown away over details in the book about her contract restrictions when she first joined the live morning show with then host Regis in 2001. New book: Kelly Ripa revealed that the chapters about her late co-host Regis Philbin in her new book Live Wire were the 'hardest' to write while promoting it Thursday on a talk show'You couldn't bring your own hair and make up team, ' Andy said. There was no budget for wardrobe.

Jenna Dewan is getting steamy in a new film, executive produced by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. In Lifetime’s upcoming movie,, Dewan plays a fitness instructor who moves into a small town to open a pole dancing business -- which doubles as a prostitution ring.  When it comes to working with the beloved Hollywood couple, Dewan couldn’t enjoy it more. “I’m obsessed with them,” she told ET’s Deidre Behar at the Variety Power of Women event in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos have had some fun times over the years, but her recent retelling of one of their adventures left their fans speechless.MORE: Kelly Ripa divides fans with very cheeky alternative book coverOn an episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, she recounted an incident that occurred when the couple were filming a show in Las Vegas when their three kids were still quite young.VIDEO: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' Love Story"Mark and I were…drinky-drinky, happy-happy," she recalled with a shy grin, although things started to go hilariously downhill from there."We go to our room. We had a babysitter, we went out for the night and they order room service.

David Muir rarely gives glimpses of his personal life, when it comes to the women that have always supported him, he will never hesitate to give them a shout-out.MORE: David Muir helps make broadcast history with impressive rating results on World News TonightThe star grew up surrounded by women, and even as he got older, he still relies heavily on the women in his family, and he wouldn't have it any other way!Due to his blended family – he has an older sister, Rebecca Muir, and two younger step-siblings from his father's second marriage – David is an uncle to a whole host of nieces and nephews, who he calls his "squad."WATCH: David Muir reveals unlikely intruders in his homeMORE: Kelly Ripa pays heartfelt tribute to David Muir in her new book, Live WireIn a rare family post, he once revealed that he has no problem with being "outnumbered" by women, especially when they include his sister, mom, nieces, and friends such as Kelly Ripa and Amy Robach.Taking to Instagram to pay tribute to the women in his life, he joked he has no issue with the unbalanced men to women ratio in his life.He said: "I have been outnumbered since childhood. Mom, sister, nieces.

Most couples choose to wait until the end of the first trimester before telling the world they're expecting a baby but Kelly Ripa had no such luck with two of her three children.Ripa, 51, reveals in her new book of personal essays, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, how her inebriated husband Mark Consuelos once let the cat out of the bag about her third pregnancy just moments after she told him the good news. The daytime TV firebrand exclusively shared an excerpt from the chapter titled, 'It's probably just the flu', where she explains how her 'drinky-drinky, happy-happy' husband couldn't keep quiet.  Cat is out of the bag: Kelly Ripa exclusively shared an excerpt from her new book of personal essays, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, to DailyMail.com about how Mark Consuelos let slip she was pregnant Kelly and Mark, who are parents to Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19, were not trying for baby number three when the star found herself pregnant.At the time, Consuelos was on the other side of the globe filming a movie that required him to go off the grid for 1940s military training, when Kelly discovered she was expecting.

Six-time Daytime Emmy winner Kelly Ripa admitted to using cosmetic injectables and thanked a New York plastic surgeon for 'restoration from the neck up' in her new book, Live Wire.The LIVE with Kelly and Ryan producer-host - who turns 52 this Sunday - initially started using Botox in her armpits for excessive sweating, which she dubbed 'pit-tox.''For me, it was just more of my comfort level,' Kelly said in her People cover story, which hits newsstands Friday. She had work done: Six-time Daytime Emmy winner Kelly Ripa admitted to using cosmetic injectables and thanked a New York plastic surgeon for 'restoration from the neck up' in her new book, Live Wire (pictured Tuesday)'If I worked off camera, I would not wash my hair with regularity or wear makeup but when I started to see things that I didn't like, I thought, well, the next turtleneck is going to have two eye holes.

Kelly Ripa revealed the very cheeky photo that she was planning to use on the cover of her debut book, Live Wire before her husband Mark Consuelos intervened.SEE: Inside Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' stunning $27m New York townhouseThe LIVE with Kelly and Ryan star celebrated her book's release on Tuesday by sharing the unexpected photo with fans on Instagram. In the image, Kelly can be seen with her back to the camera, lifting her skirt up while standing over Mark's head as he sits on the floor between her legs.WATCH: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' love story"Alternate cover for my book, Live Wire, but thankfully @instasuelos intervened! LIVE WIRE is available tomorrow wherever books are sold," Kelly captioned the provocative image.The photo left Kelly's fans divided, with many praising the tongue-in-cheek image, while others appeared to disapprove.

Kelly Ripa looked sensational as ever while attending a Haute Living event celebrating the release of her book, Live Wire, at Scarpetta in New York on Tuesday.The talk show host, 51, stunned in a midi long sleeve black dress with chic lace details throughout, which she paired with sparkly two-toned silver heels.She was supported by famous gal pals Bethenny Frankel, 51, and Naomi Watts, 54, at the event - sponsored by Parfums de Marly and Telmont Champagne - along with husband Mark Consuelos, 51. Sensational: Kelly Ripa looked sensational as ever while attending a Haute Living event celebrating the release of her book, Live Wire, at Scarpetta in New York on TuesdayRipa wore her blonde tresses parted in the middle and cascading down in light curls for the event.

Kelly Ripa is gushing over her husband. ET's Rachel Smith spoke with the 51-year-old morning show host ahead of the release of her new book and she explained why she dedicated to her husband, Mark Consuelos.«I think of this book really as a love letter to Mark. That’s why I dedicated the book to him, because he really has walked through most of my adult life with me,» she tells ET.

A candid approach. Kelly Ripa did not hold back about her personal or professional life in her new book, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories.

Kelly Ripa may be known for her bubbly television personality and years spent in front of crowds and cameras. Now, though, in her new book, she opens up about the anxiety that lies beneath. «I have a severe case of social anxiety disorder, and I tend to say awkward or inappropriate things when under duress,» Ripa admits in her new book,. «People think that because I’m an extrovert on television I am one in real life.