Kelly Ripa's Thanksgiving Had ‘a Lot of Festive Arguments’ Including Mark Consuelos’ Complaints About Her Cooking

Mar. 15, 2025

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.Photo:DISNEY/Lorenzo Bevilaqua

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Kelly RipaandMark Consuelos’ Thanksgiving had mashed potatoes, pizza and a side of sass.

The husband-wife duo dished on theirfamily’s Turkey Daytension during the Dec. 2 episode ofLive with Kelly and Mark. But first, the co-hosts explained all the good parts of having a full house for the holiday.

“All the kids home, all the roommates,” Ripa said oftheir three kids: Michael, 27, Lola, 23, and Joaquin, 21. “It was great.”

“A lot of fun,” she continued and Consuelos added, “A lot of laughs.” Ripa replied, “A lot of festive arguments.”

The holiday-centric debates centered around a side dish Ripa prepared, she explained. “Heshows up as an honored guest at Thanksgiving,” she explains of her husband of 28 years, adding that he thinks “the food just materializes.” Despite not cooking the meal himself, Ripa said, “He complained to me because there was too much butter in the mashed potatoes.”

Lola Consuelos (left), Kelly Ripa, Joaquin Consuelos, Michael Consuelos and Mark Consuelos at Thanksgiving 2022.kelly Ripa/instagram

Consuelos lightheartedly asked, “Well, do we want to talk about that, or should we just let you say that?” and Ripa answered, “No, I just put a chunk of butter on top expecting it to melt down.”

“Uh huh,” Consuelos quipped. “And did it?” But Ripa wasn’t going down without a fight and replied, “No, you without looking just took your scoop, scooped up the pat of butter and put it on your plate and then complained to me.”

Consuelos admitted that he took a passive-aggressive approach to telling his wife about the butter. He recalled waiting “7 minutes into the dinner” before turning his plate towards Ripa with the “block of butter like about the size of half my hand.” He continued, “And I go to her, ‘Did you put any butter in this?’ And I show it to her. Only after 28 years of marriage could you get away with, ‘Did you put butter in this?’ ”

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Later in the weekend, Ripa asked Consuelos to take care of one meal: “So after doing nothing all weekend, I thought that Mark should man the pizza oven cause he actually read the instruction manual and he knows how to use the thing. But you became so moody,” she told him.

“Did I?” he asked and Ripa reminded him, “I said, ‘You have to par-bake them.’ And then after three he goes, ‘We’re not par-baking them anymore, it’s pointless, we don’t need to do that!’ So then Mark did it his way and made what I like to call ‘Soup Pizza.’ ”

source: people.com