Kelly Ripa has spent her life in the spotlight, surrounded by rumors.
In addition, the true stories are usually stranger than fiction.
“Context is almost always overlooked,” she wrote in her book,“Live Wire.
““Something repeated often enough becomes the truth.”
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“No, I didn’t get lip fillers.
This is the lip trick you monsters,” Ripa captioned the July 2024 post.
The TV host proceeded to draw a bigger outline for her upper lip.
“Kindergarten has set me up for this because I always traced outside the lines,” she quipped.
To finish, she topped it with lipstick and lip gloss for added shine.
However, Ripa also noted that she went to these extra lengths because of her on-camera career.
She wouldn’t feel motivated to take the extra steps in real life.
She even noted that her makeup artist, Kristofer Buckle, was open to the idea.
She even got one Botox treatment on a 2018 “Live” episode.
After this shower of appreciation, Philbin later indicated their bond had broken following his 2011 retirement.
“She got very offended when I left.
He asserted that because of this purported beef, Ripa had cut ties with him.
Ripa addressed these rumors when speaking toUSA Todayin 2022.
She noted her frustration with the lingering conjecture.
“It was somehow this false narrative … that we were best friends and I had abandoned him.
And none of that was true.
We had a very professional, working relationship,” Ripa explained.
She demonstrated this on camera in 2015 when Philbin returned to “Live” as a guest.
To up the weirdness factor, the couple was purportedly at Jimmy Buffett’s house when the incident occurred.
As with so many rumors, there were grains of truth.Ripa shared the tragic detailsin “Live Wire.”
When she regained her faculties, emergency medical personnel were in their apartment.
Disoriented, Ripa was panicked and incredulous about the incredibly mismatched ensemble Consuelos had chosen when he dressed her.
At the hospital, she discovered that a ruptured ovarian cyst was the cause of the extreme pain.
She and her husband, Mark Consuelos, bought this house in 2013.
The location is also convenient since “Live” typically tapes in the city.
However, occasionally, the show hits the road.
Ripa and Consuelos have frequently vacationed in the California town and enthusiastically discussed these trips on air.
“My uncle has called me to congratulate me on moving to Palm Springs,” Ripa divulged toPeople.
“I’m like, ‘We’re going for four days.
Everybody calm down.'”
She was smitten with her house from the beginning.
I love this house so much,” Ripa declared toArchitectural Digestin 2024.
“I am always thinking about retiring,” Ripa informedEntertainment Weeklyin 2023.
“It is my favorite topic of discussion.”
A couple of months later, Ripa continued this topic on “Live.”
However, Joaquin is set to graduate in mid-2025, which could ignite Ripa’s retirement rumors once again.
