Over the years, TV personalities Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa have made no secret of their close friendship.
over the years and it turns out these two go as far back as the ’90s.
In 2018, Anderson shared a throwback snap of the two hugging onInstagramin celebration of Ripa’s birthday.
“How many nights dancing?
How many early mornings?
How many laughs and giggles?
How many silly stories told and memories made?
How many rooftop dinners and concerts and trips?
How many confidences shared?
More than I can ever thank you for.
There is no one else like you, and I am so lucky to have you in my life.
I love you,” the CNN star captioned his sweet post.
And it sounds like these two really do have plenty of memories together.
“Does it get any more bestie territory than that?
That’s especially true for Cooper’s son, Wyatt, and Ripa’s daughter, Lola Consuelos.
Anderson Cooper’s son has a major crush on Kelly Ripa’s daughter
File this under adorable.
“He is just so besotted.
He could not take his eyes off Lola,” Cooper shared.
Ripa then added that the love and affection is mutual between the cute pair.
But it’s not just Lola that Cooper’s kids love.
That was around the same timeCooper and Mark used “Live!”
to take a stab at find a replacement teddy bear for Wyattafter his own went missing.
i love you (that was a fast year @andersoncooper @benjaminmaisani).”
The star had previously done the same for Wyatt a few months earlier.
Ripa sharedtwo photosin April 2022 on Instagram that showed her playing with Wyatt on the floor.
She captioned that upload, “Happy 2nd birthday Wyatt!
I love you soooooo much!”
As for how these two, and their families as a result, have grown so close?
Well, according to Ripa, it may well have been her doing.
“I’m in love with him.
I’ve had a 20-year unrequited love affair with him,” Ripa quipped of Cooper.
As for what Mark made of his wife’s love for Cooper?
She joked, “He understands that Anderson doesn’t share my enthusiasm.”
