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'I didn't give you a break': Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos reveal FaceTime ‘sex rituals’

The 52-year-old spoke openly about her marriage of 27 years during the first episode of her podcast 'Let’s Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa'
PUBLISHED MAR 24, 2023
Hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos arrive at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's 49th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards on September 22, 2018 in Beverly Hills (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)
Hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos arrive at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's 49th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards on September 22, 2018 in Beverly Hills (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In an interesting news seemingly worthy of the Kamasutra, Kelly Ripa and her husband have claimed to have engaged in 'sex rituals' while staying apart. According to Kelly Ripa, she and her husband Mark Consuelos engaged in some "ludicrous" FaceTime sex practices while he was away shooting.

During the inaugural episode of her podcast, ‘Let's Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa’, where Consuelos and their marriage counselor, Dr Linda Carter, were guests, the 52-year-old spoke up about her 27-year marriage. The duo talked about how they maintained contact while separated because the actor spent roughly 10 months in Canada in 2020 for work.

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(L-R) Kelly Ripa and  Mark Consuelos attend the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
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'Ludicrous sexual rituals'

Mark mentioned that they had "rituals" they followed to stay in touch, and Ripa intervened to explain how they remained close over FaceTime. The TV celebrity was eager to ask her "baby daddy" how they had made it through their marriage of more than 20 years. Kelly couldn't help but talk about their sexual relationship throughout their open conversation. 

(L-R) Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos attend the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: (L-R) Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos attend the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

During the pandemic, Mark was "stuck" in Canada for "close to ten months" while he was filming the 'Riverdale' TV series, in which he played Hiram Lodge. The couple's marriage therapist questioned them about how they managed that period of time apart when they couldn't be intimate.


Mark wasn’t her biggest cheerleader initially

"We had sexual rituals that were so ludicrous over FaceTime!" Kelly admitted. She continued, "But I became so alarmed at my appearance over FaceTime that I started rigging the computer to hang from a ladder. I hung the computer over a ladder so that I could look up to Mark so that he did not have to see what gravity was actually doing."

"You get really close to yourself in situations where you're separated from your husband for long periods of time," she added.

Kelly Ripa (L) and husband Mark Consuelos attend the Broadway opening night of
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 27: Kelly Ripa (L) and husband Mark Consuelos attend the Broadway opening night of "The Normal Heart" at The Golden Theatre on April 27, 2011 in New York City. (D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Mark continued by acknowledging that if she "shut [him] off sexually," it may be a "possible deal-breaker" in their marriage. "Unless you had some kind of medical problem where, say, you lost the use of [your body]," he continued. When Kelly brought up their "days" of abstinence while she was going through menopause, Mark replied, "I didn't give you a break.

Unless I was abroad, there has never been a month [without sex]."

The mother of three also discussed Mark's previous jealousy issues and how, at first, he wasn't her biggest supporter. Following their encounter on the set of 'All My Children', Kelly and Mark secretly wed in May 1996. Michael, 25, Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19, are the couple's three children, and they live in New York City.

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