{"id":334924,"date":"2025-10-27T00:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334924\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T00:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:11:14","slug":"how-kelly-ripa-and-mark-consueloss-3-kids-are-following-in-their-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334924\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’s 3 Kids Are Following in Their Footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t let their smooth skin and boundless energy fool you: Kelly Ripa<\/strong> and Mark Consuelos<\/strong> are old enough to have three kids in their 20s. Married since 1996 after meeting on the set of All My Children, the Live With Kelly and Mark hosts didn\u2019t plan to start a family so early (they were both 26 when their eldest was born), but they\u2019re glad they did. “We are so thrilled we did it young because now I’m like, ‘Imagine if our kids were [little] now?\u2019\u201d Ripa, 55, has said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For his part, Consuelos once told Ripa on her podcast, Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa, that he wouldn’t remarry in the (tragic!) event they split because he\u2019s done having children. “I don’t want more kids. I’ll be an older dad,” he said<\/a>. When Ripa responded that plenty of guys his age add to their brood, he replied, \u201c[T]hose poor bastards have no idea, because what happens next? You’re talking about hip replacements, knee replacements, and they’re gonna be that dad, not there’s anything wrong with that dad,” he said. “But I did it early. I didn’t plan it that way. It just happened. And we got really lucky that’s what we did when we did it.”<\/p>\n

Keep reading to learn more about Ripa and Consuelos’s children, what they\u2019re up to now and how they\u2019re each following in their famous parents\u2019 footsteps.<\/p>\n

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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos with their children attend the ceremony honoring Kelly Ripa with a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame held on October 12, 2015 in Hollywood, California.<\/p>\n

How many biological kids do Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ripa and Consuelos share three biological children: their sons Michael Joseph Consuelos<\/strong> (born June 1997) and Joaquin Antonio Consuelos<\/strong> (born February 2003), and their daughter, Lola Grace Consuelos<\/strong> (born June 2001).<\/p>\n

Ripa, a morning-show mainstay since 2001 (when she first co-hosted Live alongside Regis Philbin<\/strong>), has been open over the years about her struggle to achieve work-life balance. “I always feel like a failure,” she said in 2015<\/a>, when her kids were 18, 14 and 12. “I don’t know if I’ll ever find balance. It’s human nature. You’re always thinking about what you’re doing or not doing at that time. And sometimes one child needs more attention than the other and that’s just a part of life.”<\/p>\n

When did Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelous have their first child?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The daytime dynamos welcomed their first child, their son Michael, on June 2, 1997. At the time, Ripa and Consuelos were both 26 years old. (They were born just a few months apart \u2014 Ripa in October 1970 and Consuelos in March 1971.)<\/p>\n

Related:\u00a0Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos\u2019 Journey From Co-Workers to Lovers and Back<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who are Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos\u2019s kids?\u00a0<\/strong>Michael (b. June 2, 1997)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The eldest of Kelly and Mark\u2019s three children, Michael graduated from New York University, where he studied film, in 2020. \u201cI focused mainly on production and writing, but I also took acting classes,\u201d he told Smashing Interviews magazine<\/a>. \u201c…I\u2019ve always really enjoyed telling stories and being in stories.\u201d While in college, he worked as a production assistant on a few episodes of the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs. But his buzziest role to date was arguably in front of the camera on The CW’s Riverdale, in which he played a young version of his father\u2019s character, Hiram Lodge, in two episodes (the first aired in 2018 and the second in 2021). He also appeared in the 2022 Lifetime movie Let\u2019s Get Physical, which his parents co-produced alongside star Jenna Dewan<\/strong>. “I\u2019ve learned a lot from both of my parents on the producing side and on the acting side,\u201d he told Smashing Interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, yes, he recognizes that his upbringing was a bit, shall we say, unusual. \u201cI grew up basically on Live,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cEven before that, I would go to All My Children, and I would sit in the makeup chair with my mom, and I\u2019d watch her get her makeup done. I remember there was one story. I can\u2019t remember the episode, but I think my dad\u2019s character saves my mom from a burning building or something. I went into school, and I said, \u2018My dad rescued my mom from a fire last night.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 I just always accepted what they did,\u201d he continued. \u201cI knew that it wasn\u2019t particularly normal compared to most. It was just something I lived with.\u201d<\/p>\n

These days, when he\u2019s not auditioning, Michael keeps busy producing and writing \u2014 and not just screenplays, but also novels (he calls Stephen King <\/strong>his \u201cliterary idol<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201c[I]n every aspect of my life now, I am helping stories be told, and that is the only thing I could ever see myself doing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s what I really enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lola (b. June 16, 2001)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s only daughter, Lola attended NYU\u2019s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, where she studied music and production. In 2022 (a year before she graduated), she released her debut single \u201cParanoia Silverlining.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I’m at this point in my life where I really just want to get the ball rolling,\u201d she told People<\/a>at the time. \u201cI just turned 21. I have a lot of material to write about. As I’ve gotten older, I have a lot more life experience in terms of relationships and friendships.\u201d<\/p>\n

She followed that song up with a track called \u201cDivine Timing\u201d in 2023 and \u201cThe Watcher\u201d in 2024, and is set to release her first EP, Sorry, it\u2019s all about me, this year. (The first single off that record, \u201cLola,\u201d dropped on Oct. 17.)<\/p>\n

On the personal front, Lola has been dating fellow NYU grad Cassius Kidston<\/strong> since 2023. The couple lives in London, where he\u2019s originally from and where Lola studied abroad while in college. \u201cI love London. \u2026 New York\u2019s always gonna be my home, but London just has a charm \u2026 It\u2019s so beautiful,\u201d she said on an episode of Ripa\u2019s podcast<\/a>, Let\u2019s Talk Off Camera.<\/p>\n

No matter where the up-and-coming musician is living, though, she can always count on her parents for support and wisdom. Recounting the best advice she ever received from her mother, Lola shared, “Years ago, you were like, ‘I’m telling you, when you stop giving that fluster-ness attention, it will all fall into place,\u2019\u201d she said on Let\u2019s Talk Off Camera. \u201cAnd I stopped giving that thing in my head attention. And lo and behold, everything got into place.”<\/p>\n

Joaquin (b. Feb. 24, 2003)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The youngest of the three Consuelos kids, Joaquin graduated from the University of Michigan, where he played for the wrestling team and studied theater, in 2025. Although he didn\u2019t start out as an aspiring actor, he told the University of Michigan Athletic<\/a> that his older brother inspired him to get into the family business.<\/p>\n

\u201c[W]e would make short movies and stuff on our phones. That’s when I started any remote type of acting,” he said. Then one day, when Michael couldn\u2019t make it to an audition, he encouraged his baby bro to go out for the role instead. “I didn’t get the part, but I thought that I could really do acting,” Joaquin shared. “I should actually look into doing this. That was the light bulb moment.”<\/p>\n

Sharing the story of their youngest son\u2019s graduation on Live, Ripa said<\/a>, \u201cThis one hit differently because it\u2019s our last kid to graduate. So we just kept waiting for something bad to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We held our breath until he walked across the stage,\u201d Consuelos added. And walk across the stage he did.<\/p>\n

Related:\u00a0Kelly Ripa Says Mark Consuelos Used to Be \u2018Insanely Jealous\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What disability does Kelly Ripa\u2019s youngest son have?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ripa\u2019s youngest son, Joaquin, has dyslexia and dysgraphia, both learning disabilities that affect reading, writing and language processing.<\/p>\n

“Mark and I were FaceTiming the other night … Mark got very emotional, and very choked up, because he said, ‘You know, I never thought he would be able to go to college,\u2019\u201d Ripa recalled on an episode of Live<\/a>. \u201cBecause he was profoundly dyslexic and dysgraphic.\u201d But, she continued, “through hard work, determination, [and] remediation,” her youngest was able to thrive despite his “misunderstood learning difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are any of Kelly and Mark’s kids in the family business?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

All three of Ripa and Consuelos\u2019s kids are pursuing careers in entertainment: Michael is an actor, writer and producer; Lola is a singer\/songwriter; and Joaquin is an actor (as well as an athlete).<\/p>\n

Because her children grew up in the spotlight, Ripa has said, they have a lot of people invested in them as adults. “Our children are fully aware. They’ll meet people on the street that will come up to them and say, ‘I watched you grow up. It is such a pleasure to see you as an adult,’ ” Ripa told\u00a0host Amanda Hirsch<\/strong> on the Not Skinny But Not Fat\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“When my kids were little, they had the opportunity to come on and do, like, little segments … and people got a glimpse into their lives. And then they grew up, and they move on, and they move out, and they move out of the country in some cases, and and people don’t get to regularly check in with them.”<\/p>\n

“And so I feel like, once in a while, it’s important to sort of let people in because I feel like they had a group experience,” she continued. “My kids had a group childhood. It was like they had lots of aunties, lots of uncles, lots of grandparents … It wasn’t just our parents and our siblings. They had, like, America and Canada raising them in some way.”<\/p>\n

Next: Find Out Kelly Ripa’s Net Worth in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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