Kelly Ripa is both hilarious and honest when it comes to speaking her mind about mothering.
After all, many women will agree that motherhood can truly be a challenge.
“I think children are like pancakes,” the “Live” talk show host has beenquotedsaying.
When he’s tired, put him to bed.'
Incredible, right?"
Unfortunately, before his birth on June 2, 1997, both of Consuelos' grandfathers tragically passed away.
Four years later, in June 2001, Ripa and her husband were excitedly expecting another baby.
Luckily, the ride there provided them with some much needed insight.
“And ‘Her name was Lola!
She was a showgirl!'”
From there, the name stuck.
In fact, she didn’t even work full-time on the show yet!
In 2000, Kelly Ripa was invited to try out as a co-host.
That day, psychic Char Margolis was a guest on the show.
When the psychic medium began communicating with Ripa’s grandmother in the spirit world, Ripa burst into tears.
Margolis explained to the young star how her grandmother would always be watching over her family.
“She’s also showing me another baby,” the psychicadded.
“She’s saying that she’s going to watch over you when this new baby comes.
It’s not far away.
You’re not pregnant, are you?”
Ripa was stunned and seemed to quickly shut down on stage.
She began laughing as she answered with, “I haven’t told my boss yet!”
That’s one way to make a pregnancy announcement!
“Parents should never allow kids to surf the Net without supervision,” Ripa toldWebMD.
“Guide them and set limits.
They won’t like it.
But you wouldn’t allow a young child to walk down the street alone.”
“There was so much less stimulation then, more freedom.
And we were content with less.
Kids today are much savvier,” she said.
“I don’t know where they come from!”
“I don’t think she likes me,” Ripa admitted on “The Wendy Williams Show.”
“But I don’t care.
I’m not your friend.
I’m your mom.”
However, Ripa advises parents to take a step back and really think about the future first.
“My kids understand that we love them no matter what,” shesaid.
“And they also know that ‘no’ means no.”
In 2018, acting was something he wanted to pursue.
Who else could be more perfect for the part than his son?
However, the crew required Michael to audition first.
“That was the part I was most nervous about,” he admitted on “Live.”
“Everyone there looked like my dad,” he said.
“Even more like my dad than me.”
“You quickly figured it out,” Ripa replied, “you’re a dime a dozen.
Welcome to Hollywood!”
Like father, like son.
Luckily, she did.
Being a celebrity in the 21st century, Ripa is no stranger to social media.
“She’s like, ‘You take it down right now!'”
Ripa once shared of her daughter’s reaction to her Instagram posts, as reported byUs Weekly.
“‘My friends follow you for some reason, and they will see this!'”
“It’s so bizarre.
I’m never allowed to post a photo of her ever,” Ripa added.
“Why did I have these kids if not to exploit them on social media?”
Lola can sing!
Turns out, Kelly Ripa’s daughter pursued music as her college major at New York University.
“I was like, ‘I want you to send me your rough draft of your song.
I want to hear what you’ve laid down so far.’
And she’s been kind of blowing me off and not responding.”
However, Lola did eventually share more of her music.
In fact, in April 2024, she releasedher first single, “Roles.”
“Michael would agree with me,” Kelly Ripa’s daughter said on her mom’s show.
So what is Ripa’s response to this?
“I only have least favorites.”
She noted that Joaquin got “overwhelmed” and fell asleep on his sister’s bed.
When her daughter got to college, she seemed to find a way around this.
When Ripa saw this on her bank statement, she immediately cut her off.
“We shut down that debit card account she had!”
she said, as reported byPeople.
“That’s too nice,” Ripatoldhim.
“you should probably struggle.”
She continued, saying, “Your grandmother is a Spanish teacher.
You’re not allowed to fail Spanish.
It’s the one thing you’re not allowed to do.”
However, Lola’s father, actor Mark Consuelos, had a confession to make.
“I don’t speak Spanish,” he told “Recap Rewind.”
“I’m Mexican and Italian.
“He’s getting straight A’s,” she said.
Because he was profoundly dyslexic and dysgraphic.”
“Their other skills become [stronger].”
Ripaexplained on her showhow she tried to get her husband to go up with her.
“I said, ‘Mark, let’s do it!
Let’s storm the stage!’
He’s like, ‘She would die,'” Ripa laughed.
“I go, ‘I know!'”
Most mothers love sharing these types of hilarious stories with their close friends.
Unfortunately for Kelly Ripa’s kids, their embarrassing stories get shared with the nation.
However, the mother of three is just proud to show off her children.
“Our kids well, they’re our hearts,” she toldWebMD.
“I was very aware of it,” Lola said.
“But you always told us something else.
And you’d be like, ‘They’re taking photos of the birds.'”
“And therefore, they were hard on you guys too.”
Unfortunately for their daughter, Lola, she’s witnessed that firsthand.
While the spouses were getting it on, Ripa sensed someone else in the room.
Once again, she caught them in the act.
This time, though, she reacted with significantly more alarm.
“This time she said, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, life is over!
I used to see in color and now everything is gray.
How could you do this to me?
What is wrong with you people?'”
Ripa recalled on “Live.”
When Lola moved back home after college, Ripa specifically warned her to always knock before entering their bedroom.
Ripa also shared the response she tends to give her daughter after receiving that particular tidbit of cautionary advice.
“You gotta be careful with those away trips,” Ripa acknowledged.
“That’s how babies are made!”
That’s not the case for Kelly Ripa, though, as she revealed in an interview withE!
“I’m pretty sure they’ve blocked us,” Ripa said.
Just like they block us on social media.
They block us any way they can."
“They don’t really pay attention to what we’re doing,” Ripa said.
“Because we were married at 25, you know what I mean? "
“And we feel like because we didn’t have safety nets, we got something cooking.”
“We can taste it!
We can taste the financial freedom.”
As Consuelos pointed out, as chronicled byPeople, each of their offspring brought along “their significant others.
That was really weird!”
When Ripa asked if that was really how he felt, he backed down.
“The boys brought their girlfriends, Lola brought her boyfriend,” Ripa explained.
“We didn’t know how it was going to go, you know what I mean?
You just don’t know,” Ripa said of vacationing with their kids and their partners.
“Everybody seems nice when you have dinner with them, but how’s it going to go?”
she said, but confirmed it all went swimmingly.
“It was so nice,” she gushed.
In fact, Ripa told Stone that both of her sons have long crushed on her.
“They are not similar in any way,” Ripa told Stone of her sons.
“They disagree on everything except the hotness of Sharon Stone.”
“Sharon, I could set you up with my son right now,” Ripa declared.
“He’s 26.
I would love for you to be my daughter-in-law.
That would be the greatest honor of our family.”
The reason, Ripa explained, was because of their parents’ table manners.
“You have a very interesting way of eating food,” he said.
