Shortly after meeting on the set of the soap opera, Consuelos and Ripa quietly began dating. “I thought she was adorable, hot and sexy and all that stuff,” Consuelos recalled during a 2014 interview with HuffPo Live.”But I was very focused - I didn’t really think I had a chance with her, so I wasn’t really focused on that.”Īfter getting to know each other, it didn’t take long for the duo to realize they were soulmates. During a date night in 1996 - which consisted of pizza and wine - Consuelos proposed marriage to his love, and the two quickly jetted off to Las Vegas where they eloped.
Luckily, Ripa snagged a $199 dress weeks prior that was just hanging in her closet waiting for the perfect occasion. I just bought it because it was really pretty, and I wanted to buy something from the Barneys Warehouse sale,” she told the audience during a 2016 episode of her morning talk show. One year after tying the knot, Ripa and Consuelos welcomed their first child, Michael, and went on to add two more children - daughter Lola and son Joaquin - to their family in 20, respectively. When their kids eventually went off to college, the duo reflected on the pros and cons of being empty nesters. There’s, like, nothing! Nothing! There’s nothing.” “I will say the best part is there’s no laundry in our house,” the talk show host teased during a September 2021 interview with Entertainment Tonight, admitting it was “brutally painful” to drop her youngest son off at school.