It’s been said for years and years that Kelly Ripa It is Marcos Consuelos‘Romance is truly a couple’s goal. And now Cole Sprouse eloquently put into words exactly why this happens.
In a recent interview with Zack and Cody’s Life Suite star in it Let’s talk off camera podcast, Ripa shared that her husband admitted to her that he had a feeling the 31-year-old actor and his girlfriend, Ari Fournier, were going to announce they were engaged when they came over for dinner a few weeks ago. Ripa joked that she needed to prepare in several ways, and by the end of the night, she said her kidneys hurt from adrenaline and the anticipation of news that never came.
Sprouse laughed at the story, but in an effort not to avoid the question, he praised his girlfriend by revealing to Ripa why they, as a couple, admire her and Consuelos so much, especially these days.
“Here’s what I’ll say – and I’m sure you understand this with Mark too – when real compatibility comes into your life, it makes almost everything in the past feel like a lesson or a stepping stone to where you’ve arrived. so far, and I think this is the first time in my life… where I’ve been totally and completely able to be myself in a relationship, and I think that’s a tremendous testament to her and the way she carries herself,” he said. Sprouse in reference to Fournier.
O Riverdale star and Fournier first got together in March 2021 when they were seen holding hands in Vancouver, Canada. Later that summer, they made their romance Instagram official. The relationship came shortly after the Sprouse relationship August 2020 Split from him Riverdale Co-star, Lili Reinhart.
“She admires you quite a lot. And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Ari and I have gotten so close to you and Mark because I think you guys represent a type of masculinity and femininity that we both find so admirable, especially in 2024,” Sprouse continued. “And these definitions of masculinity and femininity are changing so quickly for our generations and for younger people, and I think we both see you as a testament to the power of that, especially because (twin brother) Dylan and (wife) Barbara (Palvin) – and now my father has remarried – I’m the last single Sprouse.
“So I get this question all the time,” Sprouse added in reference to when he will ask the question. “I will say that Ari, with her eternal grace and elegance, has never put any pressure on a situation, especially from a public standpoint. And I love that. We’re taking it one day at a time.”
Ripa and Consuelos married on May 1, 1996, after meeting on the set of All my children. They celebrated its 27th wedding anniversary last spring.
It’s easy to see why Sprouse and Fournier admire Ripa and Consuelos, whose compatibility and chemistry are so palpable that they parlayed that into working together on the ABC daytime show. Live with Kelly and Mark. The couple – who share children Michael, 26, Lola, 22, and Joaquin, 21 – are still in love with each other after all these years.
In fact, Consuelos spoke fondly about Ripa in September and said he finds comfort in his wife whenever he feels any level of nervousness.
“Every show I get nervous, I breathe, I look into your beautiful eyes, and I can grab your arm and you grab mine and we go and it’s better,” Consuelos said at the time.
And if Sprouse is reading — and whenever you’re ready to pop the question — it’s worth remembering the marriage advice Ripa shared with ET in June 2023.
“The point is: don’t panic,” she said at the time. “I think if you ask any of us how long we’ve been married, we’d probably say somewhere between three and eight years, because that seems like a reasonable number to be married to. But then we look and we have grown children and we’ve been through a lot together. And Our kids will show us documentaries that they think we would find interesting and I’ll tell them, ‘Oh, you know, Dad and I were married when this happened.’ old-fashioned.’ They can’t conceptualize it. It’s funny. It happens faster than you think.”
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