Kelly Ripa Shares a Candid Look at Her Post-Sobriety Weight Gain

Kelly Ripa gets candid about her weight gain after cutting alcohol out of her diet.

Ripa, 54, spoke about the topic during the Wednesday, January 22, episode. Live with Kelly and Mark speaking with a guest co-host Andy Cohenwho replaced Ripa’s husband, Marc Consuelos.

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Cohen, 56, explained that he expected “some” weight loss after giving up alcohol for the month of January, but admitted it hadn’t “really happened yet.” which prompted Ripa to share her experience gaining a few pounds while abstaining. sauce.

“I told you, when I stopped drinking, I was expecting this weight loss bonanza, because everyone says, ‘Well, you’re going to get too skinny and you can’t I can’t afford to lose it,'” Ripa, who revealed she gained 12 pounds, told viewers.

“I don’t understand this magical weight loss,” Ripa continued, referring to the way some people who give up alcohol lean. “I think I just started eating sugars.”

Ripa previously revealed she gave up alcohol for good after spending a month sober with a group of girlfriends in 2020.

“I never came back,” said the All my children former student said People In “Ryan (Seacrest) likes to blame himself for stopping drinking, he says, “I got here and you stopped drinking.” It really wasn’t that.

She added of her decision not to drink alcohol: “It wasn’t even really a thought. It was great, I felt like I looked great, I felt like not to have a hangover, not that I was a big drinker – I wasn’t someone who got drunk – but even like two glasses of wine at a girls’ dinner, I did. smelled the next morning.

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