Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Joke About Their Different Recollections of Their First Kiss: She ‘Slipped the Tongue’

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have been married for a solid 27 years, but there’s one thing they’ll never agree on!

In an interview with Party tonightthe Living with Kelly and Mark hosts revealed their surprisingly different memories of their first kiss.

The pair first locked lips on screen in 1996 while playing their own All My Children characters Hayley Vaughan and Mateo Santos.

The Riverdale the actor, 52, said he was “very surprised” about the kiss at the time because she “slipped her tongue”. However, Ripa, 52, strongly denied his version of events.

“That’s not true!” she protested, with a laugh. “It is lie.”

“It was the ’90s, so it was fast and casual,” Conseulos said with a grin. — Big tongue.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the ceremony honoring Kelly Ripa with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 12, 2015.

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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos relationship timeline

The actress continued to argue, insisting to her now-husband: “I was never French [kiss] on set. That’s my personal rule – no Frenching on set.”

The couple met for the first time on the set All My Children when Consuelos joined the soap in 1995 and started dating soon after. They married in May 1996, and their characters followed in their footsteps by getting married on screen in 2000.

The couple has since had three children: sons Joaquin, 20, and Michael, 26, as well as daughter Lola, 22.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the 92nd Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 9, 2020 in Hollywood, California.

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‘All My Children’ retrospective photos by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos

The Riverdale star permanently joined his wife as a co-host Live in February, succeeding Ryan Seacrest after his departure. Before getting the official position, Consuelos was a guest on the show 92 times.

“I think people think we’re on top of each other all day,” he said ET working with his wife. “We see each other for a few hours in the morning, and nowadays we often don’t see each other until dinner. Because we’re both doing different things. I don’t think that’s, you know, too much time. There’s no such thing.”

In April, Ripa told PEOPLE that co-hosting with her husband is a “dream come true” and that they are “uniquely blessed.”

Kelly Ripa attends the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 29, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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I prefer togetherness, she said then. “I really enjoy being around him – he’s great company, so funny, so smart, insightful, pragmatic and super level-headed. Not to be upset, and that’s very encouraging and comforting to be around.”

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“I’ve joined so many times and I’ve been blown away every time. Some people would die for this opportunity,” Consuelos chimed in. “No one does it like she does … I can’t think of anyone that I feel more safe with Kelly and protected by her.”

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