We Question the Kelly Ripa-Mark Consuelos Breakup Rumor
Records premiere Monday.
"Will success tear Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' marriage apart?" asks the National Enquirer in the first line of a cover story about how Live with Regis and Kelly host Kelly Ripa and her husband, actor Mark Consuelos, have reportedly split up.
According to the story, Mr. Consuelos is on the brink of success ever since landing a job with The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Ms. Ripa has been picking fights about their future. Mr. Consuelos might want to move to Chicago, but Ms. Ripa is refusing to leave New York. One recent spat escalated so much that Mr. Consuelos "stormed out," flew to Chicago, and left Ms. Ripa "in tears."
"Kelly doesn't want Mark to succeed without her," an unnamed source tells the tabloid. "She becomes upset every week when he has to travel from New York to Chicago and spend the night away from the family to appear on Oprah's show."
We find the whole thing a little hard to believe, or perhaps just blown out of proportion. It was just Monday night that we saw the couple at the premiere of Cadillac Records. They arrived holding hands--and not just in front of the cameras. As Ms. Ripa twirled around in her Elizabeth and James dress, declaring her love for the Olsen twins, Mr. Consuelos looked on smiling. They giggled and touched and happily chatted with reporters, rather than doing that thing where couples arrive together but then walk the carpet several feet apart--a typical foreshadowing of what's to come in celebrity marriages.
Then again, what do we know. We didn't believe that whole story about John Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter that the Enquirer broke last year, and we all know how that turned out.
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How long ago
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They say that it was the Nike Dunk
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Rumor or not, they need to move on in the pursuit of their happines and true love. I like the article. Well done.
Street Fairings
I used to love to watch Regis and Kelly and was turned off by Kelly's reaction to Clay Aiken. Also, I get the impression that she likes being the more important business (and financial) partner in the marriage between her and Mark Consuelos.
Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols have a very successful marriage working on opposite coasts.... Kelly should be thrilled with Mark's more recent success re The Oprah Winfrey Show. Kelly needs to stop being so self-centered! She should think about what her actions do to their family... They have three sweet children to think about!
I don't think there are many men in her(my) age group who don't consider both her looks and personality to be 11/10, unless when the doors are closed she takes off the Kelli suit and there's a toad in there Mark would be nuts if the split was on his behest.
Then again, I could live with a toad that looked like Kelli and had her bubbling personality.....
the only reason that prevented my family from watching
k. rippa show is we thought she was so self-centered.
that's just our personal opinion.
Rumor or not, anyone would have to be tired of living with Kelly's me-me-me-me attitude