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Kelly Ripa recalls hiring babysitters in shifts while Mark Consuelos seemingly struggled with parenting early on
Ripa and Consuelos share three adult children and have been married since meeting on All My Children in 1995
Ripa and daughter Lola recently celebrated Consuelos’ 55th birthday with heartfelt Instagram tributes and throwback photos
Kelly Ripa is looking back on some early moments of parenthood.
In a behind-the-scenes social clip from a recent episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, Ripa, 55, chats with the audience and recalls what happened when she first left husband Mark Consuelos, 55, alone with their kids while they were little.
“We were shooting this show in Chicago. Joaquin was like 6 months old. I hired babysitters to work in 8-hour shifts, like nurses,” Ripa explains. “When I came home, two days later, the last babysitter was on shift. She said to me, ‘You can’t die, because he doesn’t know where anything is.'”
“So I was like, good note,” she adds, nodding her head. “My god, I can’t die!”
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Ripa and Consuelos share three kids together: sons Michael, 28, and Joaquin, 23, plus daughter Lola, 24.
In March, in honor of the Riverdale alum’s 55th birthday, Ripa and daughter Lola shared personal tributes on Instagram to celebrate his special day.
The 24-year-old shared a carousel of photos and videos with her dad throughout the years. In the caption, Lola wrote a heartfelt message to her dad, whom she calls her “superhero.”
Kelly Ripa, husband Mark Consuelos, daughter Lola Consuelos, sons Michael Consuelos and Joaquin Consuelos attend the ceremony honoring Kelly Ripa with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 12, 2015 in Hollywood, California
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“Happy birthday to my superhero. You will forever and always be the most important man in my life,” Lola wrote. “I wish more than anything that I were with you today, more than ever this year❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE YOU DAD 🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀 the coolest Mexican, Italian man to walk this earth!!!!!!!”
Ripa, who co-hosts Live with Kelly and Mark with her husband, made a special post of her own, poking fun at Consuelos’ love for “cake and party hats.” In her 10-photo carousel, she shared a mixture of throwback and recent photos of the All My Children actor blowing out candles on his birthday.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos with their kids.
Credit: Kelly Ripa/Instagram
“Happy birthday @instasuelos a man who loves cake and party hats more than most people, and I love you ♥️🎂♥️🎂” she captioned the post.
Ripa and Consuelos married in May 1996, one year after meeting on the soap opera All My Children. The last few decades have been busy ones for the couple as they spent them raising their three now-adult children.
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