Kelly Ripa is ready for longtime love Mark Consuelos to reveal all for all to see — and she thinks the prudish sceptics will follow in (birthday) suit.
The co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, both 52, discussed hot posts by celebs over 50 on Friday morning.
In response to a USA Today item on Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, and Halle Berry being au naturel on social media, Consuelos sparked the conversation by asking his wife, "Baring it all has no age limit, do you agree?"
"I like it, I'm for it!" he said as his wife pondered the subject. "Why not have body positivity?"
"Of course — especially their bodies, my goodness," Ripa, 52, concurred. It's like the Benjamin Buttoning of all Benjamin Buttons, they say. Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Paulina Porizkova, Jennifer Lopez, and Martha Stewart are among the stars.
"I'm not an ageist," she stated. 'Live and let live!' is what I am."
"People get so worked up," Ripa continued. "People get so fake-outraged over things, and it's like, Calm down."
Consuelos added to his wife's thought: "Take off your clothes and calm down."
"Take your clothes off and calm down!" Ripa agreed.
"What about you, would you pose nude?" the All My Children alum then asked her costar-turned-co-host. You're over the age of 50!"
Consuelos didn't hesitate: "No, I would not."
"As someone who has seen you [naked] many times, I highly encourage it," Ripa said.
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