{"id":603227,"date":"2026-04-14T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603227\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:52:15","slug":"why-kelly-ripa-joked-she-and-mark-consuelos-failed-as-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603227\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kelly Ripa joked she and Mark Consuelos &#8216;failed as parents&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days after her son Joaquin\u2019s Broadway debut, Kelly Ripa joked that she and Mark Consuelos thought they \u201cfailed as parents\u201d when their youngest child first told them he wanted to attend drama school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo get any job was, like, inconceivable to us,\u201d Ripa said on the April 13 episode of \u201cLive with Kelly and Mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, we were just like, \u2018You\u2019re going to have to get a job,\u2019\u201d she recalled telling Joaquin, who graduated from the University of Michigan\u2019s School of Music, Theatre &amp; Dance in May 2025. \u201cAnd then he books a Broadway show and it was just, like, remarkable for us to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Ripa, pictured here between husband Mark Consuelos and son Joaquin in New York City in April 2026, joked on the April 13 episode of \u201cLive with Kelly and Mark\u201d that she and her husband thought they \u201cfailed as parents\u201d when Joaquin told them he wanted to attend drama school. Bruce Glikas<\/p>\n<p>Joaquin, seen here with his mother in 2017 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, proved them wrong by booking a role in the acclaimed \u201cDeath of a Salesman\u201d revival, which marks his Broadway debut. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Consuelos, 55, agreed that it was \u201cpretty wild\u201d to see Joaquin in action April 9 for opening night of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/09\/entertainment\/death-of-a-salesman-review-nathan-lane-and-laurie-metcalf-star-in-a-triumphant-broadway-revival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Mantello\u2019s revival of Arthur Miller\u2019s \u201cDeath of a Salesman.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joaquin, 23, booked a role in the show opposite showbiz legends Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf. He plays the younger version of Christopher Abbott\u2019s character, Biff.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s \u201cLive,\u201d Ripa, 55, remarked that Consuelos has been \u201cin this game a long time\u201d and is finally making his Broadway debut \u2014 hinting that Joaquin beat his dad to the punch.<\/p>\n<p>Consuelos, whose show \u201cFallen Angels\u201d opens April 19, took the jab in stride, saying it\u2019s \u201cnot lost\u201d on him that it took 30-plus years to land his big moment on the Great White Way.<\/p>\n<p>Joaquin, seen here on the set of \u201cFoster Dade\u201d in Staten Island, New York, in December 2025, graduated from the University of Michigan\u2019s School of Music, Theatre &amp; Dance in May 2025. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Ripa called it \u201cremarkable\u201d to watch Joaquin on Broadway, with Consuelos agreeing that it was \u201cpretty wild\u201d to witness. Mark Consuelos \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ripa also joked that Joaquin had some \u201cstrict parameters\u201d for his parents to follow at the after-party for the show that boiled down to one rule: \u201cJust be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were so cool! I thought we were pretty cool,\u201d Ripa responded, noting they left Joaquin \u201cmostly alone\u201d for the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I did hug him, and I was like, \u2018I\u2019m so proud of you. Congratulations,\u2019\u201d she admitted. \u201cHe was like, \u2018All right. OK.\u2019 Meanwhile, everybody else was allowed to hug him and tell him how proud they were all night, and that was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consuelos and Ripa, pictured again with Joaquin after his Broadway debut, met on the set of \u201cAll My Children\u201d in 1995 and married the following year. Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary this year, are also parents to son Michael and daughter Lola, pictured here in a family Christmas portrait. kellyripa\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Ripa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW98fesFQir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">celebrated Joaquin\u2019s opening night on Broadway<\/a> with a social media post over the weekend, calling the show \u201castonishing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post received love from the couple\u2019s friends, including David Muir, Jennifer Garner and Andy Cohen to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Ripa and Consuelos, who met on the set of \u201cAll My Children\u201d in 1995 and tied the knot the following year, are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Joaquin, the couple also share son Michael, 28, and daughter Lola, 24.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Days after her son Joaquin\u2019s Broadway debut, Kelly Ripa joked that she and Mark Consuelos thought they \u201cfailed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,13163,364,5783,362,75,26949,34696,34699,4535,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-603227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-celebrity-children","12":"tag-celebrity-couples","13":"tag-celebrity-families","14":"tag-celebrity-news","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-kelly-ripa","17":"tag-live-with-kelly-and-mark","18":"tag-mark-consuelos","19":"tag-parents","20":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}