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

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos reside their finest and boldest lives now that their youngsters 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 dwelling since their youngest little one, Joaquin, moved out earlier this 12 months after graduating from the College of Michigan.

Spoiler alert: Kelly Ripa has loads 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. Every one, the second it’s like no large deal, third one for twenty-four to 48 hours, you’re gonna be like, ‘Oh my gosh, what have we finished? Now it’s simply us,'” she stated. “After which your complete life turns into nudity within the family wherever you need.”

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

“Whole freak present,” Kelly added with fun.

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

Again in 2021, shortly after dropping Joaquin off at college, Kelly described the expertise as “actually laborious.”

Mark, too, felt the burden 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 individuals, and it was simply the 2 of us,” Kelly recalled. “We sat there with this inordinate quantity of meals, neither certainly one of us hungry in any respect.”

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

“The primary 48 hours, we had been leaning into the despair, after which we actually leaned into the constructive facet,” she stated. “We obtained over it!”

After all, 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 through the years.

“I’ve obtained to let you know one thing. I did one thing backstage that was so inappropriate that, if we weren’t married, I might most likely be fired proper now,” Ripa joked throughout a July 2024 episode. “However, I’ve to elucidate myself. I began on the shirt, and I used to be like, ‘I actually love this shirt, I believe it’s beautiful 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 stated. “I’m backstage rubbing up and down his thighs, like, it doesn’t even appear doable. I notice individuals are taking a look at us like, ‘Are you OK? Do you neglect that you just’re in a administrative center?’ 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 last semester of school. And along with her return got here somewhat 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 school,” Consuelos stated. “She’s not going again to her house, she’s staying with us. And you recognize what she does now? The door’s closed in our bed room, no knock, she simply walks in and says, ‘Hey women!'”

That led to an necessary sit-down second between dad and mom and daughter.