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Kelly Ripa is detailing what happens when her “alone time” doesn’t go exactly as planned
The Live with Kelly and Mark co-host joked during the latest episode on Thursday, Oct. 2, that she sometimes wants “to scream” when Mark Consuelos enters the room during her personal time
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Kelly Ripa understands the importance of “alone time,” even after nearly three decades of marriage!
The Live with Kelly and Mark host, who celebrated her 55th birthday on the Thursday, Oct. 2, episode of her and Mark Consuelos‘ talk show, revealed during their latest installment just how much she values her personal time — and what goes down when things don’t go as planned.
Toward the beginning of the episode, per Entertainment Weekly, Ripa described an article she read that covered “brief periods of alone time” in the age of the internet, which she said were “crucial to de-stress and regulate your emotions.” She then told the Live crowd that while she loves her “alone time,” she wasn’t so sure if her husband of 29 years valued it as much.
“You don’t take it personally that I love alone time, right,” she asked Consuelos, 54.
“Sometimes when I’m enjoying my alone time and you come in the room, I want to scream. You know what I mean? I feel like you’ve interrupted my alone time because you’re done with your alone time,” Ripa said. “And then you just come in, like, ‘Oh, your alone time’s done, so so is mine.'”
“But I need 40 more minutes. It’s there if you read the schedule.”
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos co-host ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’ on March 31, 2025.
Consuelos responded, noting that their schedule “doesn’t say, ‘Kelly alone time,'” with Ripa clarifying that she’ll be “more specific” about her moments of relaxation in the future.
He also paid tribute to his wife on Instagram shortly after their latest episode on Thursday, sharing a montage of Ripa moments set to Madonna’s “Hung Up” and featuring a cheeky caption. “Happy birthday sexy!!! I love you,” Consuelos wrote.
Ripa also received some birthday love from ABC colleague David Muir, who shared an Instagram Stories post of himself and Ripa smiling together. “I know. I can’t believe it either,” he captioned the photo. “Another year — happiest birthday. The rest of us are so lucky.”
Ripa and Consuelos, who have been hosting the show together since April 2023, share three children: Joaquin, 22, Lola, 24, and Michael, 28.
Ahead of her birthday this week, the pair stepped out for the Broadcasting + Cable Hall Of Fame Awards 33rd Anniversary Gala in New York City in coordinating black ensembles. The pair matched in classic black suits, while Ripa opted for a sheer black lace top underneath. Consuelos and Ripa were in attendance to celebrate producer Michael Gelman’s induction into the Broadcasting + Cable Hall of Fame.
“We don’t leave the house very often, and any time I have to put on makeup at 6 p.m. I resent it,” Ripa joked during the show.
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Earlier this month, Ripa celebrated her 25 seasons on Live, tying with Oprah Winfrey as TV’s longest-running female daytime talk host. She told PEOPLE following the season 38 premiere that the stat was “really nutty.” Ripa previously sat at the desk beside Ryan Seacrest (2017-2023), Michael Strahan (from 2012-2016) and Regis Philbin (from 2001 to 2011).
“Mark was saying to me backstage, ‘It doesn’t feel like that many seasons.’ And I go, ‘For you, it hasn’t been that many seasons,'” she joked.
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