Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.Photo: Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney General Entertainment
Kelly Ripais ready for longtime loveMark Consuelosto bare it all for the world to see — and she hopes prudish naysayers will follow in (birthday) suit.
As his wife mulled the question, he affirmed, “I like it, I’m for it! Body positivity, why not?”
Ripa, 52, agreed: “Of course — especiallytheirbodies, my goodness. They are like, it’s like the Benjamin Buttoning of all Benjamin Buttons. Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry,Paulina Porizkova,Jennifer Lopez,Martha Stewart.”
She declared, “I’m not an age-shamer. Here’s what I am: ‘Live and let live!'”
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney General Entertainment
“People get so up in arms,” Ripa continued. “People get so fake-outraged over things, and it’s like,Calm down.”
Consuelos continued his wife’s thought: “Take off your clothes and calm down.”
“Take off your clothes and calm down!” Ripa echoed.
TheAll My Childrenalum then turned to her costar–turned–co-host to ask, “What about you, would you pose nude? You’re over 50!”
Consuelos did not wait a beat: “No, I would not.”
Ripa countered, “As somebody who has seen you [naked] many times, I highly encourage it.”
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.Frazer Harrison/Getty
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source: people.com
