KELLY RIPA is keeping a steamy secret — her husband was a male stripper!
Pals say Kelly, just hired to replace Kathie Lee Gifford as Regis Philbin’s cohost, has a good sense of humor about the past of her husband Mark Consuelos — who also plays her TV husband on the soap opera “All My Children.”
“Mark’s stripping days were well before he met her,” a friend of Kelly’s told The ENQUIRER.
Besides, “he kept a G-string on — so he wasn’t doing anything real explicit.
FAST FACT:
As a teenager, Kelly Ripa was a regular on the TV show “Dance Party USA.”
“Kelly’s not at all embarrassed — Mark has an awesome body and Kelly is very proud of it. I wouldn’t doubt it if she tells Regis on the show about Mark’s stripping. It’s great material.”
In fact, Mark’s still stripping — but only for Kelly in private.
“But she doesn’t tip me for it,” he joked in an interview.
Mark danced under the name “Meaty Mark” at a Tampa nightclub called Stingers.
“Back then, I was young, stupid and I really needed the money,” he said.
Mark’s stripping days ended in 1995 — when he got cast as a regular on “All My Children.”