Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos reflected on how they kept their marriage together despite being separated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a recent episode of her Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, the 52-year-old Hope & Faith graduate recalled that she and Consuelos, 51, stayed connected through “rituals” as they worked on projects in different cities.
“We had sexual rituals that were so ridiculous over FaceTime,” Ripa said in the episode, where she was told by Consuelos and her marriage counselor, Dr. Linda Carter was accompanied.
Kelly Ripa opened up about the “ridiculous” sexual rituals she’s had with husband Mark Consuelos during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
She continued, “But I was so concerned about my showing up over FaceTime that I started manipulating the computer to hang it from a ladder, I’m not kidding, I hung the computer over a ladder so I could go to Mark could look up, so he didn’t need to see what gravity actually does.”
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“In situations where you’re separated from your husband for a long time, you get very close to yourself.”
Ripa told how, through the Bond Touch company, she bought special electronic bracelets for herself and Consuelos so they could stay connected. “Every time I touch my bracelet, his bracelet in Vancouver would touch him, would vibrate,” she said.
“It was really nice,” Consuelos recalled.
During his appearance on the podcast, Consuelos said if Ripa ever sexually interrupted him, it “could be a potential dealbreaker.”
Ripa and Consuelos have been married for over 26 years. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
“If you just decided, ‘Yeah, we’re not having sex anymore,’ I’d probably have a problem with that,” Consuelos told Ripa. Then he added that the exception would be if she had “some kind of illness where you lost use, for example [your body].”
He went on to say that unless he was in another country, there had never been “months without sex” in their marriage.
The Riverdale graduate also admitted he’s not a fan of makeup sex. “I don’t like drama,” he said. “I would get bored any day of the week.”
Consuelos and Ripa first met in 1995 while starring on the long-running soap opera The Young And The Restless. (Getty Images)
Consuelos and Ripa first met in 1995 while starring on the long-running soap opera The Young And The Restless. The two fled a year later and share sons Michael (24), Joaquin (20) and daughter Lola (21).
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In February, Ripa announced Consuelos would join her full-time as co-host of her live talk show ABC following Ryan Seacrest’s departure.
“OK, NOW we are empty nests. When your friends become co-workers, they become family. ♥️,” Ripa wrote on Instagram.
She continued, “Congratulations @ryanseacrest on surviving six winters in NYC! I am proud of you and in your corner forever. And @instasuelos welcome home or in the contractual commitment phase of our relationship.”
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