Kelly Ripa jokes that she thought about getting a gray divorce with Mark Consuelos, a term referring to divorce after many years of marriage when a couple is in their 50s. Find out why here.
Starr is a News Writer for InStyle. She has worked in pop culture and entertainment since 2017 and has been with InStyle since 2024.Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos seem to have the perfect marriage by Hollywood standards, but a recent article got theactress thinking about divorce 28 years deep into their marriage. Not to worry, though, the morning-talk-show duo is still going strong.
"I was reading this article, and I started talking to Mark about it, and Mark got very defensive," the 54-year-old said on the, referring to the concept of a"Gray Divorce," a marriage separation that occurs when the spouses are in their 50s or older and have been married for a long time. Naturally, Consuelos asked Ripa,"'Why are you reading that article?'"
Ripa, however, couldn't help but find the article "fascinating" and shared data from her findings, adding, "Back in 1990, only 8.7 percent of marriages among people over 50 ended in divorce. And by 2019, that number had jumped to 36 percent."The actress soon found herself agreeing with the idea presented in the article, and noted that she found herself thinking, "Oh, I want one," because she listened to the article's narration instead of actually reading it.
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