Kelly Ripa Shares What She Realized After First Trip Alone With Mark Consuelos in 25 Years (Exclusive)
etonline.comKelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos had a big realization during their recent solo vacation. The 51-year-old TV personality, who is a mother of three, revealed to ET's Rachel Smith what it was like vacationing without kids for the first time in more than two decades.«When you're on vacation together for the first time in 25 years without children, you realize that your kids really have been occupying the bulk of the time,» Ripa said. «So we found ourselves with time on our hands.»Ripa and Consuelos, who tied the knot in 1996, are parents of three: Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19.«People [were] sort of recognizing that we were bored and, so they would suggest things like, 'You should climb the Via Ferrata,' and I was like, 'That sounds dangerous,' and Mark's like, 'Let's go for it,'» she added of the vertical route she and her husband recently climbed.
The experience, which Ripa likened on Instagram to couples therapy, wasn't without its challenges. «We did get lost, though, in the woods and we were talking about how we were gonna be on finally,» Ripa joked. «Keith Morrison will say our names on TV and then we'll have made it.»A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa)Now that's she back from vacation, Ripa is focused on , the new Jimmy Kimmel-produced game show that she's hosting.«I have lived this show where I am the sandwich generation.
I have aging parents, I have kids, and what they know and don’t know about each other’s generation is shocking and sometimes surprising,» Ripa said before explaining how the show will work.«Basically you're asking [grandparents] questions only their grandchildren should know and you’re asking grandchildren questions that only their grandparents should know,» she said.
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