Jan 122013
 

Kelly Ripa apartment

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have listed their SoHo apartment for $24,500,000.

Described as an “unparalleled penthouse,” the New York City apartment located at 76 Crosby Street Condominiums (also listed as 81 Spring Street) is enormous, especially for Manhattan, measuring 6,792 square feet with 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths.

The couple bought the home in 2005 for $9,500,000 and spent two years renovating the space.

The foyer opens into the spacious living room with plenty of light coming from over-sized windows and a large skylight. Dark stained white oak flooring leads into the custom eat-in kitchen and dining room. The kitchen is clad in Carrara marble and blue stone, with custom milled wood and stainless cabinetry. It is filled with high end appliances, including two Electrolux dishwashers, three Sub-Zero refrigerators, and a six burner Wolf stove with griddle.

The master suite includes two large walk-in closets, and a marble master bath with radiant heat floors, a Jacuzzi soaking tub and warm steam shower.

The south end of the main floor opens to the guest/family bedroom wing with three bedrooms and two and a half baths, a large media/ playroom, a home office, and a laundry room with two over-sized washers and dryers.

The second floor has a service kitchen with wine storage and a dumbwaiter to the main kitchen, an additional bedroom and full bath, a media room with a large skylight and fireplace, another home office, and another dining room that opens to a full outdoor kitchen, and a home gym.

It is the outdoor space that truly sets it apart from most Manhattan apartments with a 2,500 square foot rooftop terrace that includes an outdoor living room with fireplace, hot tub, grill area, flatscreen television hung above ample outdoor seating, and an outside shower adjacent to the home gym.

See photos below.

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Nov 052012
 

Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan postponed their Halloween show last week due to Hurricane Sandy.  After determining that many months of hard work should not be wasted, they held the annual costume extravaganza on Monday, Nov. 5.

The show opened with the co-hosts dressed as ‘The Voice’ judges Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green in an elaborate set that included revolving chairs.  Gelman was rocking Adam Levine.

Strahan dressed up as Oprah, Tyler Perry and President Obama while Kelly had her way with Honey Boo Boo, Tan Mom, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj.

In a hilarious bathroom spoof, Ripa channeled Long Island Medium psychic Theresa Caputo, which included a cameo appearance by the real Theresa.

Check out more photos and video from today’s Halloween show:

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Aug 212012
 

It looks like the cat is out of the bag at ABC.  After more than six months of speculation Michael Strahan has reportedly been picked to join Kelly Ripa on ‘Live!’

The former New York Giants defensive end won’t be officially announced until Sept. 4, but word is spreading like wild fire that Strahan’s rep left the building where the show is produced on 67th and Columbus in Manhattan, and he was grinning from ear to ear.

The 6’5″ athlete is 40 and resides in Rutherford, New Jersey.  He tried out the seat formerly occupied by Regis Philbin in June and was apparently just what the network was looking for as a perfect foil for the petite blonde 41-year-old.  The rest … as they say, is history.

TMZ got the inside scoop from a couple of staffers who claim the rumor mill within is all about Strahan as the ‘It’ guy.  Stay tuned…

Photo:  WENN

Aug 012012
 

Talk show host Kelly Ripa always looks fresh-faced on television and admits that she gets a little help.

Ripa was hosting the annual Super Saturday Garage Sale fundraiser in the Hamptons over the weekend and was overheard discussing her Botox injections.

Kelly revealed, “I work out absolutely every day. I don’t overeat. I try to drink water but I prefer wine, and when all else fails, I get Botox injected right here, right into my forehead, as much as possible.”

How does the television celeb know when it’s time to get a fill?  “It’s when my kids start asking me if I’m mad at them, and I go, ‘Why do you think I’m mad at you?’ They go, ‘Because you’re frowning.’ I go, ‘Oh no! I am? I’ll be right back!’ Give me Dr. Brant: He’s the best, he is my real husband.”

More photos of Kelly and her gorgeous husband Mark Consuelos below:

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May 112012
 

Kelly Ripa spilled the family beans during a Q & A interview in the latest issue of Vanity Fair.  She revealed that her hot hunk husband Mark Consuelos got his start as an exotic dancer.

The 41-year-old morning talk show host gushed, “He is so unbelievably gorgeous, with a Mexican father and Italian mother born in Spain and raised in Italy.”

That comment was the perfect lead-in for interviewer George Wayne who wanted to hear all about Consuelos’ “stripper” days:

The couple met on the set of All My Children and eloped in May 1996.  They live in NYC with their children Michael, 14, Lola, 10, and Joaquin, 9.

We have included a photo enlargement of the sexy shirtless MC below:

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