Kelly Ripa Says Mark Consuelos Was Accused of Wearing Eyeliner onAll My Children, but It Was Actually This

Mar. 15, 2025

Mark Consuelos then and now on “All my Children” (left) and at the 2023 “Vanity Fair” Oscars afterparty.Photo:ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

Mark Consueloshas got some great natural features.

On a new episode ofLive with Kelly and Mark, he andKelly Ripagot to reminiscing about their days onAll My Children.

During the segment, aired on Feb. 20, Ripa remembered all the times crew had to stop filming because they’d mistakenly think Consuelos was wearing makeup when he wasn’t supposed to be. But nope, it was just his natural eyelashes.

“When Mark was onAll My Children, they would routinely stop, call cut, and then say, ‘Take off his eyeliner.’ Then the makeup artist would walk up to Mark and go, ‘He’s not wearing any eyeliner that’s just his eyelashes.'” Ripa said.

She then came to the conclusion that her husband was just born with eyelashes that emphasize his look, much like eyeliner would.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on “All My Children” on 1995.Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Ripa and Consuelos met on the set of the series. She had been playing Haley Vaughan since 1990 before he entered the cast as Mateo Santos in 1995. The couple eloped to Las Vegas and married on May 1, 1996. They went on to welcome three children: sonsMichael, 27, andJoaquin, 21, and daughterLola, 23,

In a 1999 interview with PEOPLE, Ripa recalled how she hadmet the “gorgeous” Consuelosfor the first time on set. “I looked really gross,” she admitted, adding that she retreated to primp and then dashed back to officially meet her now-husband. “I wanted him to see me looking like a normal person!”

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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on “All my Children” in 1996.Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

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“I was like, ‘Wow, she’s got really beautiful eyes.’ Her cheekbones are very specific, her hair is amazing, but her eyes and lips were, I was like, ‘Wow, she’s got great lips,''” he said, adding that the outfit Ripa wore then reminded him of a “French vixen.”

After leaving the series in 2002, the couple reprised their roles for the 40th anniversary special in 2010. A decade later they revealed that they were working on a spinoff series, titledPine Valley, as executive producers.

In September 2024, A&E Networks confirmed to PEOPLE that Lifetime is working on anAll My Childrenholiday moviebased in Pine Valley, the fictional Philadelphia town where the original series took place.

source: people.com