Mark Consuelos Would 'Fall Apart' If He and Kelly Ripa Ever Broke Up but He Says He'd Just Find a College-Aged Girlfriend

Mark Consuelos only has eyes for Kelly Ripa — for now.

The couple, who person been married for almost 3 decades, contemplated their ain breakup connected nan May 29 section of Live pinch Kelly and Mark after Ripa, 54, brought up a study that showed that men “placed much value connected romance” than women. 

“They acquisition greater intelligence and beingness wellness benefits from being successful a relationship" and "struggle much pinch nan affectional toll of a breakup," Ripa explained earlier telling Consuelos, besides 54: "I cognize if you and I collapsed up, you would perfectly autumn apart, completely.”

"That's true,” he admitted, prompting a corporate “aww” from nan audience.

Consuelos past revealed really he would header if he and Ripa ever did spell their abstracted ways.

"But I do consciousness for illustration personification would beryllium location connected nan different extremity conscionable to prime maine up and make judge I'm okay. Pretty sure," he joked. "I'd person to get utilized to their assemblage schedule and each that stuff."

Ripa laughed astatine her husband’s speculation and teased, "Oh my God. Oh, beloved God, I dream I unrecorded to spot your 2nd wife!"

The brace first crossed paths while doing a surface trial for All My Children successful 1995, and person been together ever since. They eloped successful Las Vegas a twelvemonth later and went connected to invited three children together.

Now, their long-lasting narration has go a communal talking constituent connected nan celebrated greeting show. In a March episode, they reflected connected their beardown connection aft Ripa asked Consuelos what emotion meant to him.

“Love for maine now is spending a quiet day pinch you conscionable watching maine watch sports,” Consuelos quipped. “No, I emotion being pinch my family.”

“We didn’t person a family backmost then,” he noted of erstwhile they first met. “Love’s evolved.”

“I’ve been successful emotion pinch you since nan time I met you, and beyond loving you, I really for illustration you a lot,” Ripa replied, calling Consuelos “my favourite person.”

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She added that she thinks men acquisition much feelings astatine nan opening of a narration because of “the chase,” and while Consuelos agreed, he said emotion people shifts complete time.

“I do find that early on, whether it beryllium a really superior narration aliases early successful nan marriage, it ever feels for illustration personification loves nan different personification more,” he shared. “It’s for illustration 65/35, aliases 67/43.”

Ripa confessed that now, she thinks she loves Consuelos “a small spot more,” but insisted, “That’s okay. I’m good pinch that. You don’t look to cognize that, truthful it’s good. It’s each working.”