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Kelly RipaandMark Consueloshave found a way to make their differences work.
On Monday’s episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan, Ripa and Consuelos — who was guest co-hosting inRyan Seacrest’s absence — opened up about the unique way they have to hold each other’s hands.
“We just tried someone thing we never do at home but for some reason, we tried it backstage: holding hands. Which, as you know, we are arm length incompatible,” said Ripa, 51.
“For those of you just tuning in, Mark’s arms are — you know how they say that you hold out your arms and your wingspan is the length of your body? Mark’s arms are 4 inches longer than the length of his body and interesting, [mine] are 4 inches shorter,” she continued. “But when we try to hold hands … you want to show everybody what happens when we try to hold hands?”
Responding to his longtime love, the 50-year-oldRiverdalealum happily obliged: “Sure, why not.”
“So we have to hold hands like this,” said Consuelos, as the two grabbed hands while standing several feet apart.
“Not kidding. That’s how we walk and hold hands,” Ripa added. “You know, in New York, people are like, ‘Yeah, take up the whole sidewalk!’ And I go, ‘Have you seen our arms? Shut it! Go around us!'”
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Ripa and Consuelos met on the set ofAll My Children, where they played love interests, Hayley and Mateo. They later developed a real-life romance of their own and eloped in 1996.
Now,Ripa and Consuelos have been together for 25 years. They also share daughterLola, 20, and sonsMichael, 24, andJoaquin, 18.
Previously, the two stars said they consider their decades-long marriageto be “almost old-fashioned.”
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“What’s funny is I think of us as such a progressive as a couple. I always think of us as politically progressive … we’re progressive people,” she said on theDouble Datepodcast last April. “And yet, when it comes to our own family and our marriage and our roles, I think of us as very traditional and almost old-fashioned in our roles.”
Consuelos said that Ripa “makes the home a home.”
The pair’s eldest child, Michael, oncereferred to their marriage as “relationship goals.”
“They’re great, not just in like a relationship sense, but they’re great role models,” he toldEntertainment Tonightlast August. “I try to conduct myself the way I think they would.”
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source: people.com
