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  • Kelly Ripa, Sarah Michelle Gellar Mourn Passing of “All My Children’s” David Canary

    Kelly Ripa and Sarah Michelle Gellar broke into the entertainment industry through the soap opera world on the popular daytime drama All My Children. Earlier this week, they learned former costar David Canary passed away. Both women took to social media to mourn his passing.

    Kelly Ripa played the role of David Canary’s daughter, Hayley Vaughan, on All My Children.

    Kelly Ripa starred on All My Children from 1990 to 2002. She met Mark Consuelos–her husband–on the soap opera.

    Sarah Michelle Gellar played the role of Kendall Hart on All My Children. In 1995 she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. Kelly Ripa and Sarah Michelle Gellar were on the soap opera together for several years.

    David Canary died of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Connecticut. He was 77. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter, as well as his former All My Children family members, including Kelly Ripa and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

  • Kelly Ripa Prepares for Huge Change in Family Situation

    Kelly Ripa is getting ready for the biggest change in her family’s living situation since she married Mark Consuelos. No, Kelly and Mark aren’t getting a divorce or opting for a long-distance marriage on opposite coasts. However the change that is coming will impact the entire family–and almost that severely.

    Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa are preparing to send their oldest child, Michael, off to college.

    To truly understand this impact, it’s important to note that Mark and Kelly have long strived to eat dinner as a family with their children every night.

    “My husband had dinner as a family every night growing up and he was like, ‘We are having family dinner every night, no matter what,’” Kelly Ripa tells ABC News. “And we do that. It means so much to the kids, it means so much to me. Does it always go as planned? Of course not.”

    This upcoming shift in the family dynamics will be felt by all the family members.

    “We just finished all of our applications and I cannot for the life of me, I can’t believe it,” Kelly says. “We keep looking at each other [Mark and I], he drives now, he can do all of these things. I’m so proud of him. He’s never asked us for extravagant things like cars and all of that stuff. As long as he has his Metro Card, he’s happy as a clam.”

    “Every time he’s leaves the house, I stare at Mark and say, ‘I cannot believe we gave birth to that kid.’ He’s so much bigger than us. He’s so much taller than us. He’s so much cooler than us, without even knowing he’s cool. I adore all three of them, but there’s something about that firstborn child going off. It feels crazy,” the Live! With Kelly and Michael host adds.

    Despite the bittersweet emotions, Kelly Ripa is ready to see her son shine.

    “He’s very introverted, he does not reveal a lot of himself,” she says. “We used to play this game, which one of our children would we want to have lunch with in 30 years. Michael usually wins that game. He’s such a natural introvert, but so creative and interesting.”

    Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa are still a long way from becoming empty nesters, even though Michael will head to college next fall. They still have son Joaquin and daughter Lola at home.

    Fans of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have watched their kids grow up. Can you believe son Michael is old enough to be preparing for college?

  • Kelly Ripa Gets A Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Praises Her Husband

    Kelly Ripa was showered with support by her whole family at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

    On Monday, Ripa was presented and honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, coinciding with her 15th year as host on Live!.

    Her husband, Mark Consuelos and three kids, Michael, 18; Lola, 14; and 12-year-old Joaquin were there to cheer Ripa on as she received her star.

    Ripa was very thankful to her husband whom she met on the set of soap opera All My Children, and she also shared how proud she is of her kids. “It all began with All My Children,” Ripa said. “And All My Children is where I met the man that I’ve been married to for almost 20 years, the love of my life, the man who taught me how to be a person. “ “And we have three of the most beautiful children that I am so proud of on the planet, Joaquin and Laura and Michael.”

    Ripa also said in her speech that she’s thankful for her job as it enables her to spend a lot of time with her family.

    “Mark and I are so fortunate to have jobs that allow us such freedom to be available to our kids,” she said.

    Ripa and her family took pictures with her star, and she also got a sweet kiss from husband, Mark, during the ceremony.

    Aside from her family, Ripa was also supported by fellow host, Jimmy Kimmel,who praised her by saying, “You really are the greatest!”

    She also got a kiss from actor Matt Bomer who supported her together with comedian Joel McHale, Live! co-host Michael Strahan, and Matt‘s husband Simon Halls.

    “You have to surround yourself with people that are better than you, and that’s what I’ve managed to do in my career,” she said pertaining to her friends and colleagues.

    “I am certain that there are so many more people who are deserving of this honor, but you will never find anyone who is more appreciative,” Ripa said in her speech.

  • Kelly Ripa and Hubby Mark Consuelos Nursing Injuries

    Kelly Ripa broke her foot at a dance class about a week ago. Now her husband, Mark Consuelos, has an injury of his own.

    It was Thursday when the husband of the Live! With Kelly and Michael star shared word of his injury via Instagram.

    Kelly Ripa reposted it on her Instagram account.

    “ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW??????????? WTF?????” she posted the shot of herself with her hubby–both looking a little bit uncomfortable and very much down in the dumps.

    A photo posted by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa) on

    Mark Consuelos suffered a small tear in his calf–resulting in him wearing the same kind of medical boot as Kelly Ripa.

    A funny twist to a not-so-funny situation, is that Consuelos picked on Kelly Ripa when she broke her foot.

    “Mark is at the hospital with me and has never in 21 years felt the need to photograph me, videotape me, when I have full hair and makeup,” Kelly Ripa aid on the July 30 episode of her show. “But yesterday, he followed me around with a camera, he was never more alive, he loved this moment of suffering.”

    Kelly Ripa has to wear her boot for about six weeks. That means one down and five to go. Will Mark Consuelos be laid up as long as his wife?

    And how will Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa fare nursing their respective injuries in the days to come?

  • Kelly Ripa Compares Sound of Breaking Foot to Popping Bubble Wrap

    Kelly Ripa broke her foot this week during a dance class and showed up on the set of Live! With Kelly and Michael on Thursday with crutches.

    Co-host Michael Strahan helped Kelly get to her on-set chair just in time to hear her explain what happened.

    “I was in a dance class which I typically, usually am, and somebody had left a weight on the floor….All I know is, I did a jump–and in my mind I am an incredible dancer as graceful as can be–and I landed on the weight and my foot went over and under the weight,” Kelly Ripa explained.

    She also shared that the moment she broke her foot “sounded like bubble wrap.”

    If that’s not enough to give readers a sick feeling in the pits of their stomachs, then they have a good bit of resolve.

    Kelly Ripa insisted those at the dance facility not call an ambulance, as she was afraid she’d wind up on the nightly news.

    On the upside of Ripa’s injury, she won’t have to undergo surgery to repair her broken foot.

    “I’m not going to be in this that long,” Kelly Ripa said of her inflatable boot. “Six weeks, I give it three weeks.”

    “This was my big hope and my dream that nobody would notice,” Ripa added about her injury. “It’s very traumatic looking but I feel fine.”

    Do you suppose Kelly Ripa will at least get a bit of pampering out of her injury? Maybe hubby Mark Consuelos and co-star Michael Strahan will take extra-good care of Kelly in light of the crutches and boot.

    She actually shared a funny story about her husband and her injury.

    “Mark is at the hospital with me and has never in 21 years felt the need to photograph me, videotape me, when I have full hair and makeup,” Kelly Ripa explained to her audience. “But yesterday, he followed me around with a camera, he was never more alive, he loved this moment of suffering.”

    Oh, yes. It sounds like Mark Consuelos owes Kelly Ripa for that one.

    Michael Strahan is unlikely to get off the hook as well.

    Now if only Kelly Ripa hadn’t compared that break to the sound of popping bubble wrap, everyone else besides Michael Strahan and Mark Consuelos could forget about her broken foot.

  • Kelly Ripa Sports Bright Pink Locks

    Kelly Ripa Sports Bright Pink Locks

    Kelly Ripa is the latest celebrity to sport bright pink locks. The Live! With Kelly and Michael star had her tresses dyed recently–just before heading out on vacation.

    Ripa joins the ranks of stars including Kaley Cuoco, Nicole Richie, Julianne Hough, and Hilary Duff who are either wearing or recently wore pink hair.

    Kelly Ripa shared word of her new ‘do with her followers via Twitter on Tuesday night.

    She also shared a photo of her pink locks on Instagram.

    Check out Kelly Ripa with pink hair–and see if you think blondes really have more fun–or if pink-headed ladies might stand a chance of enjoying themselves almost as much.

    A photo posted by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa) on

    Kelly Ripa’s hair stylist shared a couple of shots, too.

    Kelly Ripa debuted her new ‘do on Wednesday on Live! With Kelly and Michael–leaving herself wide open for ribbing from co-host Michael Strahan.

    “Every time I go on vacation I dye my hair a different color,” she explained to the audience. “It usually washes out and this will wash out. It’s part of my tradition–I like to have fun for a few weeks. I literally sat there with pink hair dye, multiple shades of pink on my hair for hours. I get very bored. I’ve had the same color for six months at least, and that’s a long time for me.”

    Ripa also says she’s not done dyeing yet.

    “I think I might go red next. When we first put it on it looked really red and I was like, ‘I like it!’ I tried a red wig once and I was drunk with power,” she said.

    Kelly Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos, hasn’t yet seen the new pink ‘do in person, but Kelly sent him a picture.

    “He said, ‘Babe, keep going. I love it.’”

    Do you love Kelly Ripa’s new–albeit temporary–look?

  • Kelly Ripa Grief Stricken Over Death of Dr. Fredric Brandt

    Kelly Ripa Grief Stricken Over Death of Dr. Fredric Brandt

    Kelly Ripa appeared grief stricken on Live! With Kelly and Michael on Tuesday.

    “He was such a great man… he was just a great person, a great friend, he will be missed–I cannot tell you how much I will miss him. I will miss him every day of my life,” she said while on the air.

    Cosmetic surgeon Dr Fredric Brandt was found dead by suicide inside his Miami mansion on Sunday. Kelly Ripa had long been among his celebrity clients–and dear friends.

    “If you love someone tell them every day that you love them because you don’t know if you will have that opportunity….It’s sad. Oh my gosh, he was just the best. He would sing to you while he put Botox in your face–any song you wanted. He could sing anything at a moment’s notice,” she said.

    On Monday, Kelly Ripa tweeted her heartache upon learning that Dr. Brandt had died over the weekend.

    Kelly’s husband, Mark Consuelos, retweeted sentiments about the plastic surgeon’s passing.

    In addition to Kelly Ripa, some of Dr. Frederic Brandt’s other celebrity clients included Madonna and Joy Behar. There were, of course, numerous others.

    A photo posted by Dr. Brandt (@drbrandt) on

    Suicide is probably the hardest type of death for survivors to accept. Dr. Brandt’s family members and his beloved clients–like Kelly Ripa–will no doubt always wonder what they might have said or done that could have prevented the doctor from taking his life.

  • Kelly Ripa: What the ‘Live! With Kelly and Michael’ Star Gave Hubby Mark Consuelos for His Birthday

    Kelly Ripa made news last week when word that she and Regis Philbin hadn’t spoken since he left their talk show in 2011 hit the media. This week she’s making news again, and she may go down in history for giving her husband Mark Consuelos the most thoughtful birthday gift ever.

    It’s no secret that Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are well off. Each could likely afford to give the other just about anything imaginable. That’s what makes Kelly’s gift even more thoughtful.

    Mark Consuelos turned 44 on Tuesday. That’s when Kelly Ripa told him she’d give him his gift when she got home later in the day. He assumed that meant they were heading off to a hotel.

    When she got home and led her husband outside, he figured she was giving him a car.

    “I’m like, ‘Oh no! He thinks it’s something amazing!’” Kelly Ripa said.

    At one point, as the two headed down Fifth Avenue, he feared she had arranged for a flash mob to laud him on his big day.

    “My worst nightmare!” he said

    “I’m like, ‘Stop saying elaborate things, because now my very sweet gift that’s very sweet and from the kids and from the heart is going to seem really small!’” Kelly said.

    Before long the couple reached Central Park–and a bench in the park, decorated with balloons.

    Kelly Ripa and their children had a plaque inscribed on a bench for Mark Consuelos.

    “Daddy Cool,” the plaque reads. That’s Kelly Ripa’s nickname for her husband.

    “You’re the most thoughtful, the best gift giver of all time,” he told his wife, as he sat in for Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael.

    You’ve got to admit, that’s pretty thoughtful and creative, too.

    So with that kind of creativity and thoughtfulness, exactly how could Regis Philbin go all that time without talking to Kelly Ripa?

  • Kelly Ripa: How She Keeps Her Marriage Spicy

    Kelly Ripa of Live! With Kelly and Michael fame has been married to Mark Consuelos since 1996. For some couples that might be things are getting a little stale. Not so for Ripa and Consuelos, however, and she shared a bit about it during a conversation with Andy Cohen recently.

    “There’s no secret! We just like each other a lot,” Ripa, 44, explained. “I really–I love my husband. I think he’s awesome. We’ve been together a long time and we try to do spicy things together all the time,” she said.

    Ripa’s answer wasn’t as juicy as Cohen had hoped, which prompted him to lead in with a follow-up remark.

    “I heard you say recently that you must have sex as much as possible to keep your relationship going,” he said.

    “I believe I said that to you in a private conversation,” she replied. “I fundamentally believe that the more you do it the more you do it and the less you do it the less you do it.”

    It seems like Kelly Ripa knows how to make her marriage sizzle while cooling Andy Cohen down in a matter of seconds.

    Kelly and Mark have been married since 1996, and are the parents of three children. Michael is 17, Joaquin is 11, and daughter Lola is 13.

    With three kids and her talk show she co-hosts with Michael Strahan, Kelly Ripa is one busy woman. If she can keep sizzle in her marriage with all that going on, she needs to write a book and share her tips with other busy moms.

    Don’t you love how Kelly shared just enough with Andy Cohen to keep things interesting, without divulging personal details about her marriage and sex life? She has always been one very classy lady.

  • Kelly Ripa Takes Away Daughter’s Phone, Computer

    Kelly Ripa is a lot more like the average mom than fans may think. Sure, she appears on TV weekday mornings alongside Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael. And she advertises Colgate toothpaste products on network TV as well. But the former soap opera star is still a mom–to three children–and she sets some hard and fast rules that they have to follow.

    This past week found Kelly as a guest on another talk show–The Wendy Williams Show–where she opened up about parenting her teenage daughter, Lola.

    “She recently lost her computer and phone privileges, so it’s like taking away oxygen,” Kelly Ripa explained. Hubby Mark Consuelos had touched on the story with Williams prior to Kelly joining the stage, but he didn’t divulge quite as much information.

    Ripa was careful not to say too much that might hurt her daughter, however. When asked what Lola had done to deserve such a punishment, Kelly chose her words rather carefully–saying she didn’t do anything crazy. Instead she shared that Lola just “broke the rules.”

    “We are like very fair parents and we will give you certain freedoms,” Kelly Ripa continued. “When you want privacy in a not-private world—like, you can’t have privacy and be on Instagram. I’m sorry, that’s not how it works. Privacy is for if you want to write a letter or write in your journal, I’m not going to read that. But if you want to tweet about what a pain in the butt your mom is, I’m gonna see that.”

    Oh, dear. Did Lola do that?

    Not sure about that one. But Kelly did catch her playing with her phone when she was supposed to be studying instead.

    “I walked into her room and she wasn’t there,” Ripa recalled,” but there was her phone and it’s not supposed to be there during study hours. So I was like,” she mimed leaning over innocently, ‘”let me just dial in her code’…She knows I know her code, but she doesn’t think I would ever abuse that privilege.”

    Lola was apparently showering when Mom found the found. That can make for a very upset 13-year-old girl–especially when Mom finds her Instagram posts.

    “No, I don’t think she likes me, but I don’t care,” Kelly said. “I’m like, ‘I’m not your friend, I’m your mom. I’m not your friend.’”

    Wendy Williams asked Kelly Ripa if she ever felt pressured to appear nice all the time–like she is on her show.

    “I just feel an obligation as her mom to keep her living in the real world. I don’t care who you are or what you do, if your’e a mom you’re a mom. Everybody’s a mom. Beyoncé’s a mom, you’re a mom, I’m a mom—do you like the way I lumped myself into that group?”

    Kelly Ripa seems to be a very grounded mom. And her daughter Lola is presently a bit ‘grounded’ herself–at least from using her phone and her computer. Ripa and Mark Consuelos are good, hands-on parents who–even though they live in the limelight–have long managed to put their children and their marriage first. They set a fine example for celebrity parents everywhere.

  • Kelly Ripa Sells Penthouse For $20 Million

    Kelly Ripa Sells Penthouse For $20 Million

    Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos have finally sold their lavish SoHo penthouse.

    While they did not get their asking price of $24.5 million, they did receive a whopping $20 million for their Manhattan pad located at 76 Crosby Street.

    The buyer is one of the top real estate agents in New York City Alex Adjmi, who owns several large retail properties.

    According to the Daily News, Adjimi was represented by brokers Vanessa Tawil and Lorette Zoitos of the Corcoran Group, who said that he wanted to purchase the property as an investment to generate rental income.

    The Live! With Kelly and Michael host and Consuelos put their 6,792 square-foot home on the market last January after spending the previous two years renovating. The home includes five-bedrooms and four-bathrooms, and features white oak floors, and an outdoor fireplace, shower and hot tub on the 2500 square-foot rooftop terrace.

    According to Zillow.com, the master bedroom has been described as the “ultimate retreat, with two walk-in closets, soaking tub and steam shower.”

    The couple purchased the home together in 2005 for $9.5 million.

    Ripa, who signed a five-year contract with the morning show in 2011, and her hubby also own another home in Southampton, New York.

  • Kelly Ripa: Hoarder or Sentimental Mom?

    Live! with Kelly and Michael host Kelly Ripa recently admitted that she might have some hoarder genes in her blood.

    The 43-year-old spoke to Vanity Fair about how difficult it is for her and her family of five to pack up and move out of their Soho penthouse due to the fact that she likes to hang on to so many of her childrens’ mementos.

    “It is a bit of a nightmare,” she said. “Mark likes to throw everything away, and I want to save everything for when the kids are older one day.”

    Ripa, along with her husband, actor Mark Consuelos, have been trying to sell their home at 76 Crosby Street for over a year.

    The 7,000 square-foot apartment, last listed for $24.5 million, includes 12-foot ceilings, marble, milled wood, a Jacuzzi, and a huge array of windows.

    “This was really more of a family apartment, and most families want to live in Tribeca or maybe the West Village, rather than right in the middle of Soho,” a broker said. “I know of some very high-net-worth individuals who went through there looking for, you know, like a real Soho pad.”

    Ripa and family finally found a buyer, meaning Ripa is having to go through everything she has held on to for many years.

    “You know, [the kids] have their things, like their first report card, so it’s a constant struggle as to what we should toss versus what we should save,” she said.

    Although the children are all grown (ages 17, 13, and 11), the family still has an entire closet filled with various baby items and small children’s things.

    “For some reason, I have a crib and a stroller and a Pack ’n Play, and a little kitchen,” Ripa laughed. “Right now, basically, David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris’s kids come over and play with everything. Like, that’s what it’s there for, just to get them to bring the kids over.”

    But is Ripa a hoarder? Most likely not. She simply sounds like a sentimental mother … with enough income and storage space for it not to matter.

    Image via YouTube

  • Kelly Ripa: Might She Be A Hoarder?

    Kelly Ripa might have a bit of ‘hoarder blood’ in her genes. She and husband Mark Consuelos, along with their three children–Michael, 17, Lola, 13, and Joaguin, 11–are moving, and the Live With Kelly and Michael host is having a tough time letting some things go.

    The family is presently moving out of their apartment in New York City, and Kelly Ripa says the ordeal is a “bit of a nightmare.” Of course no one likes to move, but when there are kids and moms involved, all sorts of things–and the issues surrounding them–come out of the proverbial woodwork when the packing ensues.

    “Mark likes to throw everything away, and I want to save everything for when the kids are older one day,” Kelly said during a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine. “So, you know, they have their things, like their first report card, so it’s a constant struggle as to what we should toss versus what we should save.”

    “For some reason, I have a crib and a stroller and a Pack ’n Play, and a little kitchen,” she added, as she reminisced about some items she clearly had hung on to for years.

    It certainly doesn’t sound like Kelly Ripa is a hoarder. Hoarders let things pile up to dangerous levels–often living in filth and very unhealthy conditions. And after all, Kelly says she still has a reason for holding on to these things.

    “Right now, basically, David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris’ kids come over and play with everything,” she said. “Like, that’s what it’s there for, just to get them to bring the kids over.”

    And face it–everyone loves having little children around.

    Moving stinks. Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are finding that out first hand. And while it often does mean letting go of some things, it also opens doors to new experiences. And from those new experiences come new things to stash–not hoard–in a brand new, uncluttered (at least for now) space.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Mark Consuelos Used To Be A Stripper

    Kelly Ripa, the spunky, chirpy host of “Live! With Kelly”, is so unfailingly perky and sweet, it’s hard to imagine her harboring a dark secret. And in a way, she doesn’t…but her husband does.

    Mark Consuelos, the hunky Spanish/Italian actor who made Ripa his bride in 1996, apparently had to resort to shaking his money maker before they met.

    According to Ripa, her hubs worked as a stripper in Florida right out of college while trying to break into the business and find his footing in a career. She even has an old pinup calendar to prove it.

    “A lot of hot guys in Hollywood have done that. He was straight out of college, and he went to Notre Dame and finished his degree at the University of South Florida. So, there he was in South Florida, he’s gorgeous, looking to break into show business, so he started off as a roadie to a group of these guys, and then they talked him into stripping,” she said.

    The couple approach Mark’s past with a sense of humor, saying sometimes you just have to do what you have to do to pay the bills. Mark, who is now a successful actor in his own right, has been rumored to be up for the co-hosting gig with Kelly on Live! but she shot it down, saying their marriage would never be the same if they worked together.

  • Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Won’t Join Forces for Live

    Kelly Ripa and her former go-go dancer husband Mark Consuelos won’t team up for the morning chat show “Live! With Kelly”. According to OTRC, Ripa doesn’t feel that her marriage would survive if her husband permanently filled the vacancy left by Regis Philbin’s departure.

    “No one would make me happier than Mark,” Ripa explained, “but he values our marriage and he says that he doesn’t see how we could stay married and both do that show.” At least they know their limits.

    According to US Weekly, the producers of the program are eyeballing Josh Groban, Jerry O’Connell, and Nick Lachey. Personally, I think that Groban would be a perfect fit for the show. He’s funny, witty, and just an all-around cool guy. Rumors were swirling a few days ago that NFL star Michael Strahan was the front runner for the position.

    The only thing that’s for sure right now is that Mark Consuelos won’t be a permanent addition to the show. If this story has been causing you perpetual grief and an endless stream of sleepless nights, let us know in the comments section. Otherwise, have a look at some Ripa-related tweets below. They’re more amusing than they really have any right to be.

    Kelly Ripa just made a joke about how her nipples were long enough to touch the ground. #RealTalk(image) 16 minutes ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Please die, Kelly Ripa.(image) 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    You’re not cute Kelly Ripa.(image) 19 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    I smelled Kelly Ripa’s hair once. I also smelled Lindsay Lohan’s hair. Separate occasions. Lindsay’s smelled like strawberries.(image) 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    If Kelly Ripa isn’t your idol, you’re not a true housewife #diamonddiploma @DiamondDiploma(image) 9 hours ago via Twitter for Android ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto