‘LIVE’ Kelly Ripa Breaks Down In Tears Discussing Huge Family Loss
It’s not unusual for LIVE viewers to see Kelly Ripa emotional. She’s never been one to shy away from sharing her feelings. But her tears on Monday’s episode were in response to a huge family loss. She opened up about how much the family member meant to her. Keep reading for more details about her sweet tribute.
LIVE Hosts Hit Hard By Huge Family Loss
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos do their best to keep LIVE upbeat. However, Mark Consuelos had heartbreaking news to share this week. His father passed away in March after a long illness. He was 87. The talk show host waited a few weeks before sharing the news publicly.
Saul Consuelos was born in Mexico. He immigrated to the United States when he was a teenager. He joined the military as an adult and spent the next 30 years serving his country in the U.S. Navy. The loss hit the family hard. Kelly Ripa was in tears when she spoke about her late father-in-law.
Kelly Ripa Breaks Down In Tears Discussing Late Father-In-Law
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos eloped in 1996, a year after meeting on the set of the soap opera All My Children. Kelly Ripa formed a close relationship with her in-laws over the years. She called Saul Consuelos the “greatest person” she knew.
The LIVE host told her husband that he was “blessed” to grow up with Saul Consuelos as his father. “You have been blessed more because you knew him your whole life. I only got to know my father-in-law for 31 years, but they were the best 31 years of my life,” she said.
Kelly Ripa added, “I can honestly say that I will miss him every day for the rest of my life, as I know you will, as our children will. He was the greatest person I’ve ever known, and he really is so symbolic of everything you are.”
He Was Mistaken For Her Husband
Kelly Ripa shared that her in-laws, particularly her father-in-law, helped raise the three kids she shares with Mark Consuelos. “I’m so grateful to your dad for everything he did for me. A lot of times you’d be away working and we would take the show on the road and your dad would come to take care of the kids so that I could go to work,” she told her husband.
She revealed that their three children are taking the loss hard. Kelly Ripa said she constantly reminds her kids how lucky they are to still have their grandparents in their lives. She lost all of her grandparents by the time she was eight.
The topic of her father-in-law’s death was a somber occasion, but it wouldn’t be LIVE if she didn’t share a humorous story. Kelly Ripa said that her father-in-law played such an active role in her kids’ lives that people started to think he was her husband. “Everybody assumed for a long time that my father-in-law was my husband. Because in New York, it’s not unusual,” she joked.
The LIVE hosts paid a fitting tribute to Saul Consuelos after his heartbreaking death. Our condolences to the family for the huge loss.
