Kelly Ripa has earned a reputation for sharing sweet family photos at Christmas every year, though their children are certified Grinches when it comes to keeping tradition going.
“I have to tell you, I tried to post a family carousel on Instagram for Christmas,” Ripa, 55, said. Bronwyn Newport on Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast on SiriusXM’s Andy Radio on Tuesday, February 3. “I stopped talking to my kids for about four hours at Christmas because of the fighting and the argument about, ‘You can’t use that picture of me. Well, you can’t use that picture of mine.”
Ripa added: “I was like, ‘Guys, it’s just a picture of us at church. It’s not that deep. We’re right in front of the Christmas tree in the church.” He lives with Kelly and Mark The host shares children Michael, 28, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 22, with her husband Marc Consuelos.)
The confession came just months after the couple decided to call it quits their children of your 2025 family Christmas card in full.
“We’re tired of all the photos being approved for our kids every year,” Consuelos, 54, said. people in December 2025. “They’re out.”
Ripa said the children felt “disrespected” by the decision, but she was “tired of waiting” for them to approve the photos. For his Holiday card 2025the talk show duo decided to use a picture from when they visited the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. live. That particular photo appealed to Ripa because of Consuelos’ excited facial expression.
“We took a picture on set with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, and Mark is in the middle and we’re all in our special outfits,” Ripa explained. “And Mark just has a look on his face that’s like … he’s so excited and happy. He’s the happiest I’ve ever seen him on a Christmas card.”
Fans may recall that Ripa and Consuelos pulled a similar stunt in years past when their Christmas card featured a photo of the actor with his Riverdale family in 2018. (Consuelos portrayed the character Hiram Lodge on the hit CW show alongside onscreen daughter Camila Mendes and woman on the screen Marisol Nichols from 2017 to 2023).
Perhaps one of Ripa and Consuelos’ most famous Christmas cards was in 2023 when they wore matching Santa swim trunks and T-shirts that read “Big Nick Energy.” Ripa finished off her look with a sequined Santa hat.
The photo seemed to divide the internet at the time, as followers on social media debated Ripa’s pantsless look.
“Kelly forgot to put her pants on,” one person wrote in a comment under the post via Instagram, while a second person asked: “Why is she wearing underwear?” Others defended Ripa, writing: “People!!!! It’s a swimsuit!!!’ Don’t you see the cabin in the background!!! and if it was underwear, it’s his Insta, he can post whatever he wants!! Good grief.”
Ripa apparently poked fun at the swimsuit controversy and later shared a swimsuit photo from a vacation with Consuelos with the caption: “Greetings from the captains’ underpants (One last swim).”