Mark Consuelos is recalling his spontaneous proposal to now-wife Kelly Ripa, only one week after their transient cut up.
“I broke up along with her ‘trigger I used to be dumb and it was probably the most agonizing week of my life,” Consuelos, 54, stated on the Monday, September 15, episode of “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast.” “I simply knew that I by no means needed to really feel like that. I’ve by no means felt like that in my life.”
The actor revealed that when he broke up with Ripa, 54, she wasn’t “returning any of [his calls]”, however they each occurred to should be collectively to “do a little bit of PR.”
“We had been each on a cleaning soap,” he defined, noting that they had been going to be “presenting a winner” for the “Queen for the Day” phase on the Reside with Regis and Kathy Lee Gifford present. “We each tried to get out of it. I referred to as the PR individual. … She tried to get out of it as properly.”
The couple ended up not having the ability to get out of their enterprise obligations, so that they each confirmed..
“She seemed wonderful. I can nonetheless see this little Chanel lovely jacket … with a kerchief. I’m, like, she’s French all of the sudden?” Consuelos recalled. “I used to be like, ‘Oh man, she appears to be like so good. Boy, did I screw up.’”

Consuelos went on to say that Ripa didn’t wish to communicate to Consuelos, regardless of his many makes an attempt to strike up a dialog. Ultimately, he satisfied her to stroll with him via Central Park.
“She actually didn’t wish to, however I used to be convincing,” he stated. “We ended up again at my place downtown and I requested her to marry me. … She stated, ‘Ask me while you’re severe. And I stated, ‘I’m useless severe. … We’ve a day without work work tomorrow. Let’s fly to Vegas and get married.’”
The pair eloped in Vegas in Might 1996. To this present day, Ripa is grateful all of it labored out the best way it did.
“Hear, I’ve acquired to let you know, [Mark and I] had a Vegas wedding ceremony, and I firmly imagine within the energy of Vegas weddings,” Ripa instructed former cohost Ryan Seacrest in Might 2019.
Consuelos and Ripa went on to welcome son Michael adopted by daughter Lola and son Joaquin in 1997, 2001 and 2003, respectively.

“I actually like my spouse. Quite a bit. The love’s all the time going to be there, however I actually like my spouse,” Consuelos gushed to Us Weekly in July.
Ripa stated that their marriage has saved understanding as a result of the twosome have “a number of shared belief.”
“We’ve a shared historical past and there’s one thing very nice,” Ripa instructed Us. “It’s two individuals who have a shared curiosity, that even have developed pursuits outdoors of what they generally share. Two individuals who preserve their individuality whereas concurrently develop[ing] collectively and construct[ing] the opposite individual up.”