Kelly Ripaand husbandMark Consuelosare adjusting to becoming empty nesters.Inthis week’s PEOPLE cover story, the 51-year-oldtelevision host— whose new book,Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, is out Tuesday — opens up about how life has changed since her children Michael, 25,Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19, left the family’s home.The couple’s youngest child Joaquin moved out last year and is now a sophomore at the University of Michigan. Lola, a singer now studying abroad in London, and Michael, an actor and producer, are both living on their own.“It’s scary, thrilling, liberating, shocking… and quiet,” she says. “I didn’t know how to make dinner proportionally. Now, it’s 10 p.m. and we’ll eat.“Maury Phillips/GettyRipa admits to having some nerves about the big change.For more on PEOPLE’s cover story with Kelly Ripa, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.“There were moments when I was like, ‘We’re going to be that couple: Our third child goes to college and we get divorced because this is it,” she says, laughing. “But there was this other moment, where we went to the beach alone for the first time since our honeymoon with cheese and a baguette. These other parents were running around us with small kids. I realized I had never noticed the sunset because I was making sure our kids didn’t run into the water when I wasn’t looking.“However, in other instances, theLive with Kelly and Ryanco-host saw that she and Consuelos could get back to enjoying alone time.She adds, “So I think for us, it was ‘Oh, this next phase of our lives, this is kind of great.'“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.From left: Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Lola, Michael, and Joaquin.Kelly Ripa/InstagramRipa also opened up about keeping the spark alive with her husband of 26 years, revealing their sex life is “the one part of our life that has always been very good. Even when we’re arguing, it’s good.“She says with a smile, ““There is no inhibition whatsoever.“Miller MobleyRipa and Conselous tied the knot in Las Vegas in 1995when she 25 and was “too young to get married!““On paper it should not have worked and when it didn’t work, we really worked at it. We fought for our marriage when it would have been easier to quit and throw in the towel,” she says. “Listen, my parents have been married for 61 years and Mark’s parents have been married for 55 years. We didn’t know any other way.“For Ripapick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Kelly Ripaand husbandMark Consuelosare adjusting to becoming empty nesters.
Inthis week’s PEOPLE cover story, the 51-year-oldtelevision host— whose new book,Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, is out Tuesday — opens up about how life has changed since her children Michael, 25,Lola, 21, and Joaquin, 19, left the family’s home.
The couple’s youngest child Joaquin moved out last year and is now a sophomore at the University of Michigan. Lola, a singer now studying abroad in London, and Michael, an actor and producer, are both living on their own.
“It’s scary, thrilling, liberating, shocking… and quiet,” she says. “I didn’t know how to make dinner proportionally. Now, it’s 10 p.m. and we’ll eat.”
Maury Phillips/Getty
Ripa admits to having some nerves about the big change.
For more on PEOPLE’s cover story with Kelly Ripa, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.
“There were moments when I was like, ‘We’re going to be that couple: Our third child goes to college and we get divorced because this is it,” she says, laughing. “But there was this other moment, where we went to the beach alone for the first time since our honeymoon with cheese and a baguette. These other parents were running around us with small kids. I realized I had never noticed the sunset because I was making sure our kids didn’t run into the water when I wasn’t looking.”
However, in other instances, theLive with Kelly and Ryanco-host saw that she and Consuelos could get back to enjoying alone time.
She adds, “So I think for us, it was ‘Oh, this next phase of our lives, this is kind of great.'”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
From left: Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Lola, Michael, and Joaquin.Kelly Ripa/Instagram
Ripa also opened up about keeping the spark alive with her husband of 26 years, revealing their sex life is “the one part of our life that has always been very good. Even when we’re arguing, it’s good.”
She says with a smile, ““There is no inhibition whatsoever.”
Miller Mobley
Ripa and Conselous tied the knot in Las Vegas in 1995when she 25 and was “too young to get married!”
“On paper it should not have worked and when it didn’t work, we really worked at it. We fought for our marriage when it would have been easier to quit and throw in the towel,” she says. “Listen, my parents have been married for 61 years and Mark’s parents have been married for 55 years. We didn’t know any other way.”
For Ripapick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
