Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos may be rolling in the dough today, but they definitely started at the bottom. That’s why they decided to elope in Las Vegas. Ripa gave her audience a run-down of their special day during an episode of “Live!” in 2022. “We just had a very normal, very regular wedding,” Ripa shared (via People). “It really is such an efficient way to get married. And it was fun. We were like, ‘Now, this is gambling! Woohoo!'” Small weddings may not be right for every couple, but it worked for them. As Ripa explained, a large wedding could’ve easily ruined their relationship. “I don’t think we would have made it to the wedding,” she continued. “There would have been bad feelings and blame all over the place.”
Ultimately, the entire event cost them only $179. Well, that’s if you’re not counting Ripa’s wedding dress, which she bought years before Consuelos proposed. “I just bought it because it was really pretty, and I wanted to buy something from the Barney’s warehouse sale,” said Ripa during a different episode of “Live!” (via Entertainment Tonight). “I was working on the soap [All My Children] and I didn’t make a lot of money. It was $199 on final clearance sale, and I was like, ‘Do I eat this week or do I get this dress?'”
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Obviously, she made the right decision!
