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Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa seem to have one of those dream marriages. Theyre super supportive of each other, are still attracted to each other, and love to goof off together, too. Case in point: Mark just trolled Kelly for her birthday, and its everything.
The Live With Kelly And Ryan co-host turned 49 years old today (HBD, Kelly!), and Mark shared a hilarious Instagram post to commemorate the big occasion. Happy Birthday to my Fave, he captioned several shots of Kelly as a kid and now. Im really glad you were born.. Because lets face it, if you werent, I wouldve been married 3 or 4 times by now.
He didnt end there. Mark pointed out that being married so many times wouldve been really expensive, not to mention the super tense parent teacher conferences and all the awkward blended family holiday/vacations. Anyway, happy birthday sweetie.
Kelly dished it right back at him with this comment: Thank you sweetie heartfelt.
Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen chimed in and referenced their roles as a hot couple on All My Children. Mateo Hayley, he said.
You probably know all about Kelly and Mark as a married couple with three kids now, but ICYMI, they actually met and fell in love on the set of All My Children. At the time, Kelly was an established cast member, and Mark was auditioning for a part.
"I thought she was adorable, hot, and sexy and all that stuff," Mark told HuffPost Live in 2014."But I was very focused I didn't really think I had a chance with her, so I wasn't really focused on that."
Mark eventually landed the part of Mateo, and he and Kelly fell in love. They eloped in Las Vegas in 1996, with Kelly wearing a $199 dress she'd bought on clearance. "I didn't buy it as a wedding dress. I just bought it because it was really pretty, and I wanted to buy something from the Barney's Warehouse sale," she later told Us Weekly .
They both stayed on All My Children for several more years together (and their characters even got married, too!), before Kelly left to replace Kathie Lee Gifford as co-host on Live! with Regis and Kelly.
Years later, theyre still totally in love. "We really dig each other," Mark told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in 2016. Awwww.