Kelly Ripa revealed that her husband, Mark Consuelos, often takes money from her wallet because he rarely carries cash anymore. The ABC star opened up about the topic during the April 23 episode of LIVE with Kelly & Mark.
“The penny’s already dead, and the nickel could be the next to go,” read Mark during the playful segment. “For each nickel, it cost [the Mint] 13 cents to make, so it doesn’t make any sense.”
“It doesn’t make any sense to make all this cents,” replied Kelly.
© ABCMark then shared that “the Mint lost $85 million” on making nickels, before Kelly urged the audience to “start hoarding our pennies and nickels.”
“They’re going to be a thing of value. One of these days,” she said. “One of these days, they’ll be like, ‘Remember the penny?’ And I’ll be like, ‘Yes, I have a jar full of pennies.'”
Mark admitted that he couldn’t remember that last time he paid for something in cash, and that he only uses it to “tip” in restaurants. “Yes, I know, because you always go into my wallet to find money to tip people,” replied Kelly. “Because you don’t bother yourself with the ATMs anymore. Why do that when you have a wife?”
© Disney General Entertainment ConThe Riverdale alum then joked that his wife was “flush,” to which she quipped that she must be thanks to his tipping tendencies. “Hold onto your nickels,” added Mark. “Hold onto your nickels, which always makes me laugh because it sounds like nipples, and that makes me laugh. I’m a child. I’m like a 12-year-old,” said Kelly.
Mark read that “they’re saying it’s going to be quite some time before they get rid of nickels”. “About 10-15 years,” he shared.
Kelly and Mark’s fortune
Kelly and Mark tied the knot in 1996, when they eloped in Las Vegas a year after meeting on the set of the soap opera All My Children. They went on to welcome three kids – Michael, Lola, and Joaquin.
© Getty ImagesAccording to Celebrity Net Worth, the blonde beauty is currently worth an estimated $120 million, while her husband Mark is worth $40 million. This makes their household worth a staggering $160 million.
The couple have been open about their children’s finances, making it clear they have instilled financial independence despite their immense wealth. “I think my kids feel very fortunate in general,” Kelly told Amanda Hirsch on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, explaining that “they don’t have student loans.”
She continued: “There’s a comfort in knowing my kids got to graduate knowing that they weren’t having to climb out of a mountain of debt. They are so appreciative and so grateful.”
