Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos brought all three of their children with them onto the cover of People’s first Family Issue.
The showbiz hot couple have been married since 1996 and share 23-year-old Michael, 19-year-old Lola and 17-year-old Joaquin.
Inside the magazine the family dished about their life together and Kelly revealed Lola has taught her ‘so much about being a modern-day woman.’
New gig: The showbiz hot couple were joined on the magazine cover by their 23-year-old Michael, 19-year-old Lola and 17-year-old Joaquin
The chat show icon shared: ‘It really gives me hope – her generation really supports each other, the way she and her friends have each other’s backs.’
Kelly continued: ‘For all the talk about women helping other women, I see it in her generation in a way I never have before.’
She confessed: ‘I think I had definitive ideas about raising girls versus raising boys, even though I don’t really believe in gender stereotyping.’
However on becoming a mother she discovered: ‘My sons are just as sensitive as my daughter, and my daughter is as strong as my sons.’
Celebrity hot couple: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos brought all three of their children with them onto the cover of People’s first Family Issue
Mark has experienced personal growth as well with regards to fatherhood, developing a trusting relationship with Lola.
‘As overprotective as I thought I would be when she was born and I was holding her in my arms, I’ve mellowed a bit. Because I’m really aware of what a good head on her shoulders she has,’ revealed the Riverdale dreamboat.
The sons are a source of wisdom as well as ‘You’ll have conversations with Joaquin where you realize you’ve just learned something new about the way he thinks.’
Parents and children alike seemed to be united in the belief that there are huge benefits to being a younger sibling.
‘Cheers to 24 years!’: The dynamic duo rose to fame together as soap stars on All My Children and have been married since 1996
‘As you get older and you learn more, that youngest kid hopefully benefits from a little bit more wisdom … and hopefully fewer nerves,’ said Kelly.
‘Younger siblings get to do whatever they want right out of the gate,’ said their firstborn son MIchael while Joaquin acknowledged that ‘my parents have softened up a lot now that I’m in high school.’
Kelly and Mark’s protective instinct was so influential in their parenting that they did not allow Lola an Instagram account until she was 18.
‘She had really wanted a public account, but we made her wait until she was an adult. Apparently she turned 18 and immediately went public,’ dished Kelly.
Making it work: Kelly and Mark’s firstborn son graduated New York University this spring and the family celebrated at home amid the coronavirus lockdowns
Lola absorbed a more zen attitude from her father, which was ‘to take everything day -by day – not to dwell on the past but to focus on the future.’
Their big magazine cover comes on the heels of news that Kelly and Mark are planning to produce an upcoming program called Mexican Gothic.
The show is based on a novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia that was published at the end of this June and shot onto the New York Times bestseller list.
”We feel like we hit the literary jackpot, and cannot wait to bring author Silvia’s gorgeous writing to life, together with Hulu,’ Kelly said, according to Deadline.
The way they were: Mark is pictured with the children in a throwback snap Kelly posted as part of an Instagram album this Easter
Kelly and Mark both became stars of the small screen as soap stars on All My Children but she then reached new heights of fame as a talk show host.
She found her current calling as the co-host of Live! With Regis Kelly alongside Regis Philbin, who retired in 2011 and died last month at the age of 88.
Three years ago Regis wanly revealed on Larry King Now that he and Kelly had ‘Not really’ remained in contact since his retirement.
The way they were: She found her current calling as the co-host of Live! With Regis Kelly alongside Regis Philbin, who retired in 2011 and died last month at the age of 88
”She got very offended when I left. She thought I was leaving because of her. I was leaving because I was getting older and that wasn’t right for me anymore,’ he said.
Kelly, who now hosts Live! with Ryan Seacrest, became visibly emotional on air while discussing her reaction to the ‘horrible news’ that Regis had died.
‘As people get older, you always know that certain things are inevitable and passing away is one of those things, but Regis is one of the people that we all believed, I think, would somehow figure out a way around the inevitable,’ she shared.