**Kelly Ripa Shares Steamy Backstage Moment with Husband Mark Consuelos**
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. DISNEY/Lorenzo Bevilaqua
On Thursday, July 25, **Kelly Ripa** kicked off _Live With Kelly and Mark_ by sharing a rather intimate moment she shared with her husband and cohost **Mark Consuelos** backstage. Ripa jokingly revealed that if they weren’t married, her actions might have led to her termination.
“I did something backstage that was so inappropriate that, if we weren’t married, I would probably be fired right now,” Ripa, 53, revealed.
The beloved cohost explained that she began by admiring Consuelos’ shirt, which led him to invite her to feel his pants. However, Ripa’s attention quickly shifted to his thighs, which she likened to being “carved out of marble.”
“I felt his pants, and they feel nice. But, I was like, ‘My gosh, your thighs feel like they are made out of metal or stone.’ Marble! Carved out of marble,” Ripa said. “I’m backstage rubbing up and down his thighs, like, it doesn’t even seem possible. I realize people are looking at us like, ‘Are you OK? Do you forget that you’re in a place of business?’ And, yes is the answer!”
Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Consuelos jokingly responded, “I may or may not file a grievance or a report against my spouse.”
“Yeah, I mean, I don’t blame you,” Ripa agreed. “It’s so inappropriate, but, congratulations on your thighs!”
In other news, Ripa shared her thoughts on pimple patches, stating that she wouldn’t be caught dead wearing them in public. “I like a pimple patch, but now they’re making them fashion statements. They’re making stars and hearts!”
Reflecting on her teenage years, Ripa reminisced, “You got a pimple? You had to get the cover-up. It’s never a shade found in nature. Cover-up used to look like Wite-Out.”
“Now, it is in fashion to wear your pimples proudly and cover them with bright stars and hearts, you name it,” she concluded with a laugh. “I think a little modesty goes a long way with your pimples, because pimples are like nipples!”
Finding love on set! Soap operas including Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live have inspired love stories both on and off the screen. Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos started dating shortly after playing love interests on All My Children in 1995. “I auditioned him. They’d been looking […]
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