Kelly Ripa: I Serve My Husband Breakfast on a Tray
Kelly Ripa's a real housewife in her downtime!
The talk show star, 41, tells the March issue of Good Housekeeping that she doesn't mind doting on hubby Mark Consuelos the old fashioned way.
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"I make his coffee every day," she tells the magazine of Consuelos, 40, with whom she has three kids. "I cook him breakfast in bed every weekend: scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, wheat toast, and coffee with cream. That’s what he wants. And I serve it to him on a tray."
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And Ripa also takes pains to give her hunk some space, she adds. "I don't give him a hard time about seeing his friends. Or for doing things independently, like taking a weekend biking trip with his racing friends. He doesn't need to take me everywhere or do everything with me. I'm very much about us having our own separate time."
Consuelos won't ever be nagged at, either. "I don't give him a hard time about not doing things around the house, like taking out the trash."
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How does the couple steal away downtime with Michael, 14, Lola, 10, and Joaquin, 8, underfoot?
"After the kids go to bed, we have a couple of hours when it's just us. We either talk about the day or watch one of our favorite TV shows. Otherwise, there'd be no time," she says.
"We used to go away, just the two of us, for three days to celebrate our anniversary every year. I can't remember the last time we did that."
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Sorry for the echo (repeat) of my comment below. I saw this article, and I can personally appreciate the efforts Kelly Ripa is making in her marriage. It's obviously important to her, and I hope that her husband appreciates how lucky he is and is making the same type of efforts toward Kelly in their marriage. We need more of this in America. Our generation has grown up a bit spoiled and too concerned about what we can get out of a relationship more than what we are contributing to it. We need more people (both men and women) who are more like Kelly Ripa in their relationships.
I agree completely, Heather ... he should serve her breakfast in bed, too. Both men and women should prioritize their relationships and do nice things for each other like Kelly Ripa is portrayed as doing for her husband. This year I hope the good women across America have a great Valentine's Day - and I hope the men who are lucky enough to have these good women in their lives are able to fully appreciate them and make their Valentine's Day a very special one next week.
I agree completely, Heather ... he should serve her breakfast in bed, too. Both men and women should prioritize their relationships and do nice things for each other like Kelly Ripa is portrayed as doing for her husband. Too many men and women just want to take from their relationships without ever giving back. It's girls like Kelly Ripa that keep some men from just giving up on all women completely. So, this year I hope the good women across America have a great Valentine's Day - and I hope the men who are lucky enough to have these good women in their lives are able to fully appreciate them and make their Valentine's Day a very special one next week.
I agree completely, Heather ... he should serve her breakfast in bed, too. Both men and women should prioritize their relationships and do nice things for each other like Kelly Ripa is portrayed as doing for her husband. Too many men and women just want to take from their relationships without ever giving back. My ex used to actually complain that I made money too easily. She didn't mind driving her Mercedes Benz, taking all of our trips to London, Paris, Munich, Rome, Venice, Monte Carlo and throughout Europe; to all of the main islands of Hawaii, to Bermuda and other nice places; not having to work for a living; being a member of the nicest country club in town; having the free time to play tennis whenever she wanted to ... but she actually complained about my making too much money too easily with the business that I owned. For a guy like me, it's nice to see people like Kelly Ripa who give back to her relationship and prioritize the men in their lives. I would have loved for my ex to have been a lot more like Kelly Ripa in this way. It's girls like Kelly Ripa that keep some men from just giving up on all women completely. So, this year I hope the good women across America have a great Valentine's Day - and I hope the men who are lucky enough to have these good women in their lives are able to fully appreciate them and make their Valentine's Day a very special one next week.
I agree completely, Heather ... he should serve her breakfast in bed, too. Both men and women should prioritize their relationships and do nice things for each other like Kelly Ripa is portrayed as doing for her husband. Too many men and women just want to take from their relationships without ever giving back. My ex used to actually complain that I made money too easily. She didn't mind driving her Mercedes Benz, taking all of our trips to London, Paris, Munich, Rome, Venice, Monte Carlo and throughout Europe; to all of the main islands of Hawaii, to Bermuda and other nice places; not having to work for a living; being a member of the nicest country club in town; having the free time to play tennis whenever she wanted to ... but she actually complained about my making too much money too easily with the business that I owned. For a guy like me, it's nice to see people like Kelly Ripa who give back to her relationship and prioritize the men in their lives. I would have loved for my ex to have been a lot more like Kelly Ripa in this way. It's girls like Kelly Ripa that keep some men from just giving up on all women completely. So, this year I hope the good women across America have a great Valentine's Day - and I hope the men who are lucky enough to have these good women in their lives are able to fully appreciate them and make their Valentine's Day a very special one next week.
I agree completely, Heather ... he should serve her breakfast in bed, too. Both men and women should prioritize their relationships and do nice things for each other like Kelly Ripa is portrayed as doing for her husband. Too many men and women just want to take from their relationships without ever giving back. My ex used to actually complain that I made money too easily. She didn't mind driving her Mercedes Benz, taking all of our trips to London, Paris, Munich, Rome, Venice, Monte Carlo and throughout Europe; to all of the main islands of Hawaii, to Bermuda and other nice places; not having to work for a living; being a member of the nicest country club in town; having the free time to play tennis whenever she wanted to ... but she actually complained about my making too much money too easily with the business that I owned. For a guy like me, it's nice to see people like Kelly Ripa who give back to her relationship and prioritize the men in their lives. I would have loved for my ex to have been a lot more like Kelly Ripa in this way. It's girls like Kelly Ripa that keep some men from just giving up on all women completely. So, this year I hope the good women across America have a great Valentine's Day - and I hope the men who are lucky enough to have these good women in their lives are able to fully appreciate them and make their Valentine's Day a very special one next week.
I agree completely, Heather ... he should serve her breakfast in bed, too. Both men and women should prioritize their relationships and do nice things for each other like Kelly Ripa is portrayed as doing for her husband. Too many men and women just want to take from their relationships without ever giving back. My ex used to actually complain that I made money too easily. She didn't mind driving her Mercedes Benz, taking all of our trips to London, Paris, Munich, Rome, Venice, Monte Carlo and throughout Europe; to all of the main islands of Hawaii, to Bermuda and other nice places; not having to work for a living; being a member of the nicest country club in town; having the free time to play tennis whenever she wanted to ... but she actually complained about my making too much money too easily with the business that I owned. For a guy like me, it's nice to see people like Kelly Ripa who give back to her relationship and prioritize the men in their lives. I would have loved for my ex to have been a lot more like Kelly Ripa in this way. It's girls like Kelly Ripa that keep some men from just giving up on love completely. So, this year I hope the good women across America have a great Valentine's Day - and I hope the men who are lucky enough to have these good women in their lives are able to fully appreciate them and make their Valentine's Day a very special one next week. Love and marriage might become rare, obsolete and antiquated in the 21st century, but kindness should never go out of style.
Does her husband even have a job now? It seems to me like he should serve her breakfast on her day off.