Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa recall 1996 proposal
Mark Consuelos, if he might, he would change “one thing” in his 1996 proposal to his now-wife Kelly Ripa.
Ripa’s now-husband regrets not getting the blessing of his spouse’s father earlier than popping the query.
The confession got here up throughout a dialog through which the Dwell with Kelly and Mark co-hosts analysed a survey that decided alternative ways through which “Individuals” would suggest and recalled when Consuelos obtained down on knee in 1996 after to ask Ripa to marry him.
“I would change one thing,” the actor admitted Tuesday. “One thing I would change about the whole thing is, I wish I would’ve called your dad.”
The 54-year-old actress sighed and added that her father, Joe Ripa, “still talks about it to this day.”
“Really?” the 53-year-old Consuelos requested, to which Kelly replied, “Yeah.”
The Riverdale alum reminded the viewers that he popped the query to his former All My Kids co-star simply forward of them eloping to Las Vegas.
“Because we eloped, that would’ve thrown the whole elopement off, because I’m sure he would’ve talked us out of it,” Consuelos defined why he didn’t suppose asking Joe was a good suggestion, and Kelly agreed.
She nonetheless thinks that relations from each of the companions’ sides “would’ve talked [them] out of it,” besides her mother-in-law, Camilla Consuelos, who was “the only one” who was “on board” with the elopement.
However the remorse didn’t appear to go away, as Mark repeated, “I still should’ve called your dad.”
Kelly assured her husband that her dad is “over it,” and instructed him to maneuver on too.
Mark additional fondly shared the story of how he proposed to his fellow cleaning soap star in his downtown New York Metropolis condo.
Reflecting on the second, he humorously in contrast it to the proposal scene within the 1979 movie Rocky II, the place Rocky, performed by Sylvester Stallone, asks Adrian, portrayed by Talia Shire, to marry him.
Mimicking the road, he mentioned, “I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind marrying me so much?”
“It was great, loved it,” Kelly gushed. “I stand by our whole thing. It stuck!”, and when he requested what she would “grade” the proposal, Kelly eagerly gave it an “A++.”