Because Kelly Ripa needs more on her plate than just co-hosting the most-watched morning show in the US, she’s launched a podcast to help fill all her spare time. Her first guest on “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa” was Mark Consuelos. “Mark and I take an intimate look into our marriage since we are ripe for a ‘Gray Divorce,'” the show notes read.
Ripa said she noticed a glaring red flag when they first married — or rather, a giant green-eyed monster. “You used to be insanely jealous, and that was a hard pill to swallow,” she confessed. “It’s very hard being married to somebody who is jealous.” She shared an anecdote about Consuelos throwing a hissy fit after a waiter “in his 70s if not 80” called her “princess.”
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“Look, at age 25, I was pretty insane,” Consuelos admitted. “But that jealousy thing definitely followed me for a while. I’m not jealous anymore.” He said he worked hard to rid himself of the issue, admitting, “It’s such an ugly feeling inside.” Consuelos still holds tightly onto his machismo, though, especially regarding family life. “I feel like there are certain roles — it’s hard to explain exactly what those roles are,” he said on the “Double Date” podcast. “We had a conversation where I said, ‘Hey listen, there’s really only room for one man in this relationship, and it’s going to be me.'”
