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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, July 15
During their appearance, Ripa joked her husband’s business venture has “ruined the serenity of our house”
The Live with Kelly and Mark hosts purchased a portion of Campobasso Football Club in 2022
Kelly Ripa is calling out her husband Mark Consuelos for the impact his business venture is having on their home life
On Tuesday, July 15, the married Live with Kelly and Mark hosts made a joint appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers to talk about their new ESPN docuseries, Running with the Wolves. The upcoming four-part series (premiering July 29) will give viewers an inside look at how the couple have been navigating ownership of an Italian soccer team they purchased in 2022.
Mark admits to host Seth Meyers that purchasing a “piece” of the the Campobasso Football Club was “kind of an impulsive buy.”
Meyers then looks at Ripa and says, “Now this is very sweet because you were supportive of this, but you only thought it was going to be writing a check?”
This prompts Ripa to go into a tangent about how the purchase has changed their lifestyle — especially her husband’s.
“There are so many ways in which I thought, ‘He’s going to invest in this little project, and then we will buy property in Italy,’” she jokes. She then notes, “He has sunk a lot of money into this and he never stops working.”
Consuelos explained earlier in the conversation that building the team back up after it went “bankrupt” was a challenging feat. The team didn’t have a coach or even players at the time they bought it, but Consuelos still recalls saying, “Great, let’s do it.”
Explaining the aftermath of their big purchase, Ripa adds of her husband, “He has ruined the serenity of our house. It is constant work. It’s working all the time.”
She continues, “And I’m like, ‘I thought you were just going to be a silent investor.’ And the next thing I know, camera crews are coming into my house,” she adds, referring to her and Consuelos’ New York City townhouse, that they recently showed off back in December.
In a video tour with Architectural Digest, Ripa opened up about how their longtime home, where they’ve lived for 12 years, has become their “favorite place on earth.”
“We’ve moved several times in our lives, but no matter where we go, for me, this is my forever home,” Ripa said while showing off the couple’s sprawling primary bedroom. “When I walked in here I was like, ‘this is the final place where I will live.’ I love this house so much.”
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Consuelos added to Myers that the soccer venture has him going to Italy “five or six times a year.” While he’s fluent in Italian, his wife has two words for how learning the new language has gone for her: “It’s terrible!”
During an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in May 2023, Consuelos opened up about Campobasso FC after it had a successful season in the Italian soccer league. He noted that the team’s success, including winning 28 of 30 games at the time, came as a bit of a surprise.
“Oh my gosh, this wasn’t supposed to work out,” Consuelos said at the time. “This was a hair-brained idea.”
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