Kelly Ripa [1] and Mark Consuelos have been married for 22 years [2], and for her, it was love at first sight [3] . . . literally. While on the SiriusXM radio show Lunch With Bruce, Kelly revealed she still remembers the first time she laid eyes on Mark [4].
"I saw my husband in a photograph before I saw him. I knew when I saw his photograph," she said. "When I saw him, the photograph of him, I saw my entire future with him flash before — like I saw it. And I don't believe in any of that and now I do because of that moment."
The couple met [5] in person when Mark auditioned for the role of Mateo Santos on All My Children in 1995 after the show's casting director Judy Blye Wilson found him. "[Judy] showed me his picture and, Bruce, I'm not this person, at that point I was not a hopeless romantic. I never thought about getting married, it never occurred to me that I would grow old with someone," Kelly explained. "I just thought I would be living my single girl life in the city and sort of like moving. You know, if I needed to up and move to a location, I could do that. I had no responsibilities and I was earning a good living on his soap opera because I was there for almost seven years before Mark got there. . . . I was a baby when I got the job."
Fast forward to 2018, Kelly and Mark are still happily married with three kids [6]: sons Michael, 21, and Joaquin, 15, and daughter Lola, 17. Their son Michael is actually set to join Mark in season three [7] of Riverdale [8]. Kelly and Mark are the epitome of true love if we've ever seen it!