Kelly Ripa is one of the most successful talk show hosts of all time. In 2003, she joined Regis Philbin on the CBS daytime talk show, Live! With Regis & Kelly. Ripa still hosts the show, and has done so with Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest. She currently hosts it with her husband, actor, Mark Consuelos. She recently hit the gym with some friends, and they shared a photo of them on their Instagram stories. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Kelly Ripa stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.
Ripa shared some of her skincare secrets with Glamour. “At night I’ll use a cleanser,” she said. “I switch it up a little bit because I have three that I really, really like. I love Tracie Martyn’s cleanser so much. It smells amazing and does a great job. I also love the Tata Harper Purifying Cleanser. That one’s incredible. And then there’s this one that I got in a swag bag that I keep using because it’s really, really good. It’s the Ingredients Face Cleanser. I rotate between those three. It’s just to use the products I have—I don’t like any of them to sit unused for too long. I don’t know why. It’s just my own hang-up.”
Ripa tells Glamour that she likes to dry body brushing. “In the morning, I will do a dry body brush, mainly because I read that Elle McPherson does a dry body brush and her body is just at a whole other level. Dr. Gioffre, who’s this great anti-inflammation specialist that I see in New York, also told me about dry body brushing for inflammation. Your skin is your biggest organ, and you really need to stimulate it every day. So I do that every day. Whether it does anything or not, I don’t know, but it feels good and I have the time in the morning.”
Ripa shared her favorite skincare products with Glamour. “I use two kinds of tinted sunscreen moisturizer. The first one is Laura Mercier and the second one is TiZO3’s primer sunscreen. I put that on before I do my makeup, because I’ve been doing my own makeup for work since the pandemic. I love the Laura Mercier tinted sunscreen because it’s a great moisturizer, but it doesn’t look chalky. The TiZO3 also works as a makeup primer, so it takes away any shine that the Laura Mercier moisturizer put on my face. Because I have to go on camera I’m mindful of the shine factor.”
Ripa tells Glamour that removing her makeup is very important to her. “I’ve been wearing television makeup for 33 years, and I can tell you with complete surety that it’s the most damaging thing there is for skin,” she said. “I look at my mom, who is 82, and has almost no wrinkles. She looks amazing. She has never done anything to herself, but she doesn’t wear makeup. I think that right there is the telltale that this stuff builds up and stresses the skin. I’m always so terrible about the removal process—I’m really rough and don’t take the necessary time that I should. I just want to get it off. So the first thing I do when the show is over is take a makeup-removing wipe. I use the Neutrogena makeup remover. It usually takes three or four to get it all off, and then I’ll wash my face.”
Ripa works with nutritionist, Dr. Darryl Gioffre, to help her eat healthy. He talked about working with Ripa in an interview with E! News. “I’ve never met someone who is busier than Kelly. She is supermom. She is just amazing on the show. She works out seven days a week, and she maintains this incredible strength eating lifestyle that I’ve taught her.”