Kelly Ripa is proud of all three of her children and often speaks about them on Live. The down-to-earth star is also not afraid to get real when it comes to the realities of parenting! On Friday October 24, the award-winning TV host and her husband and co-star Mark Consuelos were interviewing Jeremy Renner on Live. During the chat, Jeremy opened up about his daughter Ava, 12, who he shares with ex Sonni Pacheco. The actor and singer was talking about the pre-teen and how proud he was of her. Ava and the rest of his family helped Jeremy during his recovery after his snow plow accident in 2023, and Ava even wrote a letter that features in his book, My Next Breath: A Memoir.
Kelly then asked Jeremy if Ava knew he was famous. "All her friends knew, all her school knew," he replied, adding that Ava was just five when The End Game came out. "I don't know whether she thinks I'm cool or not," he added, as Mark replied: "Yes, once you become a parent, you're immediately uncool!" Kelly then went on to say: "Our daughter's grown now but we had a teenage daughter at one point, right around this age, 12/13, it was brutal."
Kelly and Mark have a close relationship with all three of their children, and have previously opened up about Lola's teenage years, including the time she went behind her parents' back to alter hre prom dress. During an appearance on the Jerry O' Show in 2019, she was discussing Lola's prom with host Jerry O'Connell, and a photo of the mother-daughter duo appeared on the screen. "That's the prom dress that we had made and she had altered behind our back," she said.
Now that Lola is older, however, she's closer than ever with her mom and dad. During an appearance on SiriusXM's Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa, Lola told her mom: "When you're growing up, your parents are always like, 'I’m just telling you, when you're older you're going wish you listened to me.' There's so many times in my life where I'm now like, 'Oh my god, I completely get it.'"
Lola added that her favorite piece of advice from her parents was to be "nice and respectful and kind." "It's been really valuable and I forget that a lot of people don't get that foundational advice that should be like a baseline of respect. It's amazing that you guys raised the boys and I so amazingly." Along with Lola, Kelly and Mark are also parents to sons Michael, 28, and Joaquin, 22.