Ego a go-go?
Mark Consuelos has a specific diagnosis for wife Kelly Ripa’s can-do attitude, she explained: “I have what Mark likes to call ‘a–hole syndrome.’ I don’t have imposter syndrome. So I think that I can do everything.”
The talk show host, 53, revealed her condition to guest Elisabeth Moss on “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa,” where she detailed the effects of living with a–hole syndrome.
“Like, I’m not kidding, we’ll watch the Winter Olympics, and I start moving furniture in the living room, and he goes, ‘What are you doing?’ and I go, ‘I’m gonna figure skate.’ He’s like, ‘Stop it.’ I watched it, I got it,” she explained to Moss.
Consuelos, who admits to marrying way out of his league, may be partially to blame for his wife’s athletic arrogance; Ripa previously shared that for several years in a row, Consuelos gifted her a gym membership. While initially resistant to the gift, Ripa eventually became a full-time gym rat and Soul Cycle devotee, telling Consuelos, “It was good for me. I’m glad that you stuck with it.”
Consuelos and Ripa, who met while auditioning for the soap opera “All My Children,” recently celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. The long-time lovebirds returned to the Las Vegas chapel where they first exchanged vows to recreate their original wedding photo.
Ripa disclosed that their secret 1996 elopement was publicly revealed by none other than Wendy Williams.
The couple, who co-host “Live With Kelly and Mark,” are parents to three children: Michael, 26, Lola, 22, and Joaquin, 21. In addition to kids, the pair share a history of PDA, playful banter, NSFW disclosures about their sex life, a taste for dirty talk and epic Halloween costumes.
On air this year, the two dressed up as iconic power couples Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Barbie and Ken, and Sonny and Cher.
After hearing Consuelos’ diagnosis of Ripa’s syndrome, Moss praised the host, inquiring about the progress of her living room Olympic training: “I think it’s fantastic, your confidence … I think it’s wonderful.”
She added: “How is the figure skating going? Is it taking off?”
Ripa joked, “I think the next Olympics, I think I’m definitely gonna be in.”
Congratulating Moss on her pregnancy, Ripa, true to the symptoms of her syndrome, offered up her services as a natal assistant: “If you need anything, I’m your girl. I’m not a doctor but I practically am. I think I know how to deliver a baby, too. I could be your doula.”