Kelly Ripa Shares How Life at Home Changes as an Empty Nester: 'Nudity in the Household Whenever You Want'

Kelly Ripa thinks location are immoderate positives erstwhile it comes to being an quiet nester. 

During nan Monday, May 26, section of Live pinch Kelly and Mark, nan joined daytime talk show hosts, some 54, did their champion to guarantee impermanent Amanda Peet that she will beryllium okay erstwhile her girl goes disconnected to assemblage this fall. 

“I don’t wanna cry,” nan Your Friends & Neighbors actress, 53, said erstwhile asked astir her oldest going to assemblage soon.

Peet and her husband, David Benioff, stock 3 children: Henry, 10, Molly, 14, and Frances, 18.

Peet said Frances will beryllium going “very acold away” to nan “opposite coast.”

“Let maine conscionable opportunity this,” Ripa said. “The first 1 is for illustration a spot of a shock. Each one, for illustration nan 2nd one, is like, nary large deal. Third one, for 24 to 48 hours, you’re gonna beryllium like, ‘Oh my gosh, what person we done now? Now it’s conscionable us.’ ”

Luckily, nan All My Children character says nan 3rd time’s a charm. 

“And past your full life becomes nudity successful nan family wherever you want,” Ripa said arsenic hubby Mark Consuelos sat beside her smiling.

Caught by surprise, Peet replied, “Wow, bully to know!”

“Total freak show each nan time,” Ripa added. 

The pair, who person been joined since 1996, are mom and dad to Michael, 27, Lola, 23, and Joaquin, 22.

Joaquin graduated from nan University of Michigan earlier this month. 

“Anyway, we conscionable returned from Ann Arbor, Michigan, wherever our newborn babe graduated university. That’s right, we’re done!” Ripa said during nan May 5 section of their talk show.

Consuelos added that they had a batch successful communal pinch different parents, who seemed to beryllium conscionable arsenic mislaid arsenic he and his woman were erstwhile it came to nan large day.

“What was absorbing was that successful talking to nan different parents, we realized we weren’t alone. Because there’s a bunch of accusation that parents need. Like, what clip is this? Where do you request to be?” he said.

Ripa added that nan typical juncture was a days-long celebration.

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"So it started retired connected Thursday nighttime pinch a large showcase astatine nan theatre department," nan proud mother explained. "Here we are pinch Joaquin, who performed. He was unthinkable and astonishing and we were very impressed. Then our girl flew successful from London to drawback nan performance. There she is. And past nan pursuing day, he sewage his certificate from nan schoolhouse of drama."

Even though nan time was momentous indeed, Ripa joked that successful 1 of their family photos, “We’re each conscionable going done nan motions astatine this point.”

“Everybody's benignant of like, ‘Okay. Take nan picture. Take nan image truthful we person a photograph of Michael successful 1 of nan graduation photos.’ "