Consuelos recalled a moment from early in their relationship when they moved to New Jersey, where Ripa is from, saying, “I remembered how weird it was that you could not make a left anywhere.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, but it sort of impacts the way you move through the world,” Ripa said. “I move through the world never going left.”<\/p>\n
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at ESPN’s ‘Running with the Wolves’ premiere in New York City on July 23, 2025<\/p>\n
While not all traditional left turns are barred in New Jersey, the state does implement jughandles as a means for cars to make safer left turns on high-traffic roadways.<\/p>\n
Consuelos said Ripa “definitely had it” with him on a trip when he was “complaining so much about New Jersey” and the state’s “rules,” with him admitting, “I think I used the word ‘communist.'”<\/p>\n
“I said something crazy, and then we pulled into a gas station and I couldn’t pump my own gas,” he continued. “And that’s when I made a comment and you lost it.”<\/p>\n
“I did, yes,” Ripa agreed.<\/p>\n
Consuelos recalled Ripa firing back something to the effect of, “Why don’t you go back to Tampa?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, if Tampa’s so great, go back there. Pump your own gas,” Ripa explained of where Consuelos grew up. “He was complaining that somebody pumped the gas for him! I said, ‘Most people say thank you!'”<\/p>\n
“It just seems un-American,” Consuelos retorted. “I want to pump my own gas.”<\/p>\n
New Jersey is the only state in the country where it is illegal for customers to pump their own gas, CNN<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n Ripa tried to reason that people never know which side of the car the gas tank is on, but Consuelos insisted that he does because “you look at the gas gauge and it says this way or that way.”<\/p>\n Lorenzo Bevilaqua\/Disney via Getty<\/p>\n Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’<\/p>\n As Ripa brushed that off, saying that you “never organically know” which side the gas will be on, Consuelos asked her if she even knows where the gas gauge is located, to which she replied, “No, because I’m from New Jersey. They do it for me!”<\/p>\n The high-spirited back-and-forth between Ripa and Consuelos is typical of the spouses, who met on the set of All My Children<\/a> in 1995 and married the following year<\/a>.<\/p>\n The couple, who share three children<\/a>, have been co-hosting Live together since 2023, following Ryan Seacrest<\/a>‘s departure from the daytime talk show.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n Live with Kelly and Mark airs weekdays (check local listings).<\/p>\n![\"Lorenzo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ff8d62184adf9435b583c4cdacb37e7c.jpeg\"\/)
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