Kelly Ripa And Mark Consuelos Reveal Their NSFW Empty Nest Costume Code

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos reside their finest and boldest lives now that their children have flown the coop, and so they’re not shy in regards to the NSFW perks of an empty nest.

The couple, each 54, opened up on Monday’s episode of “Reside with Kelly and Mark” about how issues have modified at house since their youngest little one, Joaquin, moved out earlier this 12 months after graduating from the College of Michigan.

Spoiler alert: Kelly Ripa has quite a bit much less laundry.

Talking to visitor Amanda Peet, who was getting emotional over her personal little one leaving for school, Kelly supplied some sudden consolation.

“The primary one is sort of a little bit of a shock. Each, the second it’s like no massive deal, third one for twenty-four to 48 hours, you’re gonna be like, ‘Oh my gosh, what have we executed? Now it’s simply us,'” she mentioned. “After which your total life turns into nudity within the family wherever you need.”

Mark didn’t hesitate to substantiate the shift. “It’s a freak present,” he mentioned.

“Complete freak present,” Kelly added with amusing.

The longtime couple shares three youngsters. Michael, 27, and Lola, 23, who’re each NYU graduates, and Joaquin, 22, who lately accomplished his faculty journey at Michigan. Whereas they’ve totally embraced their new freedom, Kelly and Mark admit the transition wasn’t precisely seamless.

Again in 2021, shortly after dropping Joaquin off in school, Kelly described the expertise as “actually exhausting.”

Mark, too, felt the load of the change, later telling PEOPLE in a joint 2023 interview that it felt like “a loss.”

“The primary dinner I cooked, I’m not kidding, was for 12 folks, and it was simply the 2 of us,” Kelly recalled. “We sat there with this inordinate quantity of meals, neither one in all us hungry in any respect.”

Kelly additionally admitted she initially apprehensive they wouldn’t have sufficient to speak about as a pair, however that worry shortly light.

“The primary 48 hours, we have been leaning into the despair, after which we actually leaned into the constructive aspect,” she mentioned. “We bought over it!”

In fact, longtime followers of the couple know that Kelly and Mark have by no means shied away from candidly discussing their love life, together with the, let’s say, inventive locations they’ve gotten frisky over time.

“I’ve bought to let you know one thing. I did one thing backstage that was so inappropriate that, if we weren’t married, I’d most likely be fired proper now,” Ripa joked throughout a July 2024 episode. “However, I’ve to clarify myself. I began on the shirt, and I used to be like, ‘I actually love this shirt, I believe it’s attractive on you.’”

Consuelos revealed that after Ripa complimented him, he playfully inspired her to really feel his pants.

“I felt his pants, and so they really feel good. However, I used to be like, ‘My gosh, your thighs really feel like they’re made out of steel or stone.’ Marble! Carved out of marble,” she mentioned. “I’m backstage rubbing up and down his thighs, like, it doesn’t even appear potential. I notice persons are taking a look at us like, ‘Are you OK? Do you overlook that you simply’re in a office?’ And, sure is the reply!”

Throughout a January 2023 episode of “Reside with Kelly and Ryan,” Consuelos revealed that their daughter Lola had briefly moved again in for her closing semester of faculty. And along with her return got here slightly an excessive amount of informal closeness.

“She’s so excited to be dwelling with us once more as a result of it is her final semester in faculty,” Consuelos mentioned. “She’s not going again to her house, she’s staying with us. And you understand what she does now? The door’s closed in our bed room, no knock, she simply walks in and says, ‘Hey ladies!'”

That led to an vital sit-down second between mother and father and daughter.