Kelly Ripa revealed the raunchy reason why she and Mark Consuelos don’t mind being empty nesters.
The co-star couple reflected on the sensual upsides of all their kids flying the coop while chatting with guest Amanda Peet on Monday’s episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark.”
Peet — who shares kids Henry, 10, Molly, 14, and Frances, 18, with husband David Benioff — admitted that she doesn’t “wanna cry” when her eldest child moves out and goes to college.
However, Ripa assured the “A Lot Like Love” actress, 53, that having the kids move out isn’t always so bad.
“Let me just say this,” Ripa began. “The first one is like a bit of a shock. Each one, like the second one, is like, no big deal. Third one, for 24 to 48 hours, you’re gonna be like, ‘Oh my gosh, what have we done now? Now it’s just us.’ ”
But the “All My Children” alum, 54, explained that a childless home is excellent for a couple’s love life.
“And then your entire life becomes nudity in the household wherever you want,” Ripa said, prompting her husband to crack a cheeky smile.
“Total freak show all the time,” Ripa added of 54-year-old Consuelos.
Ripa and Consuelos, who have been married since 1996, share Michael, 27, Lola, 23, and Joaquin, 22.
All of their children have moved out of the family’s home, with their youngest just graduating from the University of Michigan earlier this month.
Ripa has been candid about the awkward run-ins she and Consuelos have had with their children while getting spicy in the bedroom.
In 2023, Ripa recalled Lola accidentally walking in on her and Consuelos having sex, not once, but twice, and both times on her birthday.
The mom of three remembered telling her daughter that “Mommy and Daddy [like] to have special grown-up time.”
Ripa joked that the “moral of the story” was that Lola “never learned to knock.”
“Hopefully, by the time she turns 24, we’ll be done having sex,” she joked at the time.
Judging by all their nakedness, it’s safe to say Ripa and Consuelos are still quite active — though they still have one more month before Lola turns 24.
