Kelly Ripa 1996 Photo: Wedding Picture with Mark Consuelos Goes Viral, How Couple Eloped to Las Vegas and Love Each Other After 17 Years [PHOTO]
Kelly Ripa tweeted a 1996 photo of her wedding to Mark Consuelos in Las Vegas to celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary.
The picture went viral all over the Internet as the Live! With Kelly and Michael host, 42 and her actor husband, 42, seemed deeply in love with each other. The couple starred in the soap opera "All my Children" at the time and reportedly eloped to Las Vegas without even been engaged, according to Ripa.
"We were never engaged," Ripa boasted to her audience in June of 2012. Now, 17 years after their Las Vegas adventure, the couple have three children together.
Ripa said that they eloped to Las Vegas after discovering that they didn't have to work the following Thursday. They reportedly got married at the "Chapel of Cheese," in Las Vegas.
The couple seem so much in love now.
"I love you @MarkConsuelos happy anniversary! 17 years feels like 17 days," Ripa tweeted on Wednesday alongside the 1996 wedding picture.
"Happy 17 th anniversary to my boo @KellyRipa," tweeted Consuelos.
Ripa has talked wonders about her marriage with Consuelos. She has said she had a crush on Mark since the day she met him and more recently, in an interview with People Magazine earlier this year, Ripa was outspoken about her love for her husband.
"I really do worship Mark," she said. "I love everything about him, even his annoying habits."
"He is the person I was meant to be with forever, and I think he feels the same way," Ripa continued. "We really do have quite an allegiance to one another. No matter what, we support each other in everything we do."
She has also shared tips to a succesful marriage. Watch the video below:
