Mark Consuelos Shares the Secret to His 30-Year Marriage to Kelly Ripa

Mark Consuelos shared the secret to his long-term marriage w Kelly Ripa during his appearance on iHeartRadio's I've Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario podcast

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• The couple celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on May 1

• The pair eloped in Las Vegas in 1996 after meeting on the set of All My Children

Mark Consuelosis sharing the secret to his relationship withKelly Ripaafterthree decades of marriage.

The couple, both 55,celebrated their 30th wedding anniversaryon May 1. During Mark's appearance on the May 14 episode of iHeartRadio'sI've Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDariopodcast, theLive with Kelly and Markco-host revealed the key to his long-lasting marriage.

"One of the great things my dad taught me was — and I'm not sure how we got on this conversation, maybe I was going through a breakup early on in college — he's like, 'You know, you gotta find somebody that's better than you, Mark,' " Mark shared. "He didn't say marry above your station, but he said, 'Find somebody who's gonna pull you up, that's gonna make you better.' And I did. I was lucky enough to find somebody like that."

Mark's father,Saul Consuelos,died on March 23 after a lengthy illness.

Elsewhere during the "Hot Takes and Hangouts" portion of the podcast, Mark acknowledged that fans are "super invested" in his marriage, and doesn't believe they "get anything wrong" about it.

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"They watched us fall in love on a soap, and they saw these two characters, like playing boyfriend and girlfriend like, 'I knew you guys were in love.' And like, yeah, we were. We really, really, really, really were," said Mark, who played his wife's love interest on the daytime dramaAll My Children.

He continued, "So I think that they're invested, super invested in our relationship, and [we've] kind of been together on TV from the beginning, and now full circle on a show in the morning. So I don't know, I think what you see is what you get."

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Mark and Ripaeloped in Las Vegason May 1, 1996, afterone year of dating. They share three children:Michael, 28, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 23.

While chatting about their milestone wedding anniversary onLive with Kelly and Mark, Ripa said that marrying Mark was the "best thing [she's] ever done in [her] life." Mark added that their connection felt inevitable from the start, sharing, "I feel like it wasn't even a decision. It was like, it was a thing that was destined to happen."

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