Today, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos don’t do much to hide their romance.

When their secret wedding became public, they’d already been married several months.

“[We had] two consecutive days off from work, both on the same day.

Mark Consuelos with Kelly Ripa

‘Let’s do that!’

And so that’s what we did,” she said.

And, clearly, that quick decision all worked out.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos in 1996

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos