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- Kelly Ripa shuts down Mark Consuelos' 'repulsive' morning habit</p>
<p>Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAYJuly 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM</p>
<p>There's one prevalent bedroom tendency that Kelly Ripa just can't get behind.</p>
<p>During an appearance on the "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast, Ripa discussed evening versus morning sex, with the talk show veteran telling host Amanda Hirsch that she finds her husband Mark Consuelos' preference for morning intimacy "disgusting."</p>
<p>"Men are morning people. He hasn't learned, he'll never learn," Ripa, 54, said of her husband of 29 years. "He wants to kiss. And I have a retainer in. And he's got his nasal strips on. It's like we are the most repulsive, disgusting. I'm already pre-disgusted for tomorrow morning."</p>
<p>She added: "I said to him, 'There needs to be a yin and a yang here. It can't always be your way. 'Cause it feels like 90% of the time it's your way."</p>
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<p>The "Live with Kelly and Mark" cohost said that after the couple began working together, she started to push for "night only" sex. The early call times for the show have "almost repulsed" Consuelos, 54, from morning sex completely.</p>
<p>"It's so early, and it's like a miracle. It's like a miracle has occurred," she said.</p>
<p>Ripa said elsewhere in the interview that her outlook for keeping one's sex life active, which originated with her TV producer years prior, is to think of it like exercise, where consistency makes it more enjoyable. "The more you do it, the more you do it," she said. "And so, you just have to do it and then you're like, 'Oh, I remember why I like this.'"</p>
<p>Kelly Ripa, left, and Mark Consuelos attend the 2024 Time100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2024, in New York City.</p>
<p>Consistent sex can also sustain a relationship. Called "maintenance sex," it has plenty of benefits.</p>
<p>Research has shown that couples who have sex at least once a week are happier than couples who don't. Sex also releases endorphins to create a feeling of closeness between partners.</p>
<p>What is maintenance sex and when does it become a problem?</p>
<p>"It's an opportunity for people to engage in fun, affirming sexual touch even if it doesn't come from the deep rutting urge it came from when the relationship was new," Allison Moon, author of "Getting It: A Guide to Hot Healthy Hookups and Shame-free Sex," previously told USA TODAY.</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kelly Ripa not a fan of Mark Consuelos' love of morning sex</p>
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