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Kelly Ripa recently shared a playful secret about how she keeps her husband, Mark Consuelos, at bay in the bedroom—by wearing her retainer.
During a pre-recorded episode of Live with Kelly and Mark that aired on Wednesday, the couple delved into a lighthearted conversation about koalas. Consuelos described how these marsupials handle rejection, mentioning that they simply “leave and go off to sleep” if their advances are spurned.
“Koalas sleep for most of the day, even after experiencing rejection,” Consuelos read aloud. “When they’re looking to mate, a male koala approaches a female and introduces himself. If she’s not interested, she simply turns her back. Rather than being heartbroken, the male just takes a nap.”
The co-hosts found humor in the koala analogy, with Ripa pointing out, “That sounds just like you!”
Consuelos played along, joking, “I come into the bedroom with my little eucalyptus leaf and say, ‘Hey, you want to fool around?’ And if you say ‘no,’ I just say ‘okay’ and go to sleep.”
Ripa said that she’ll turn over and “pop [her] retainer in.”
“He hears the retainer pop in. It’s like a chastity belt,” she joked.
“It’s in stereo, by the way,” Consuelos quipped. “When you put it in, it’s like, ‘Click, click, click, click, click, click.’”
“He’s like, ‘Was that your retainer?’” Ripa added.
Consuelos added, “‘Guess I’m going to bed.’”
Afterward, Consuelos read how the koala mating theory is “somewhat efficient,” noting that “there’s no point in wasting time and pining over someone.”
“They have to save their energy,” he added. “Until the right partner shows up.”
Ripa agreed, “Right… Click!”
Live with Kelly and Mark airs on weekdays. Check out their website for your local listings.