Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos opened up about how their sleeping arrangements are a form of “birth control.” During the April 28 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, the co-hosts chatted about the aids and apparatuses needed for sleep in their 50s.
“I recently started using one of those long body pillows,” Mark, 55, revealed to guest Emily Blunt. Kelly, 55, jumped in, saying: “He has this body pillow that can cool him down at night,” because Mark is “a furnace.”
“And on my side of the bed,” Kelly continued. “I can heat [it] up,” and joked: “It’s actually, [well] would’ve been when the years called for it, an amazing form of birth control if I could have just turned [the temperature] up on my side of the bed.”
© ABCWhile Kelly and Mark have a very specific sleeping arrangement, Emily, who was promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2, has her own routine too. When asked if she travels with any sleep aids, the 43-year-old actress revealed: “I travel with a sack of sleep aids wherever I go now.”
She went on, telling Kelly and Mark that inside the sack is a “white noise machine, earplugs, a massive sleep mask that encompasses my entire head, and my own pillow.”
© Getty Images“I’m like a vampire,” Emily joked. “If there is even a crack of light, I’ll be…” ending her sentence with a hiss.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ nighttime routines
This wasn’t the first time Kelly and Mark discussed all it takes for them to get a good night’s sleep. During a February 2026 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, Kelly admitted that she sleeps in a “T-Rex position,” which causes pain in her arms and hands.
She then dove into the products she uses at night, noting: “I don’t know how much more I can subject Mark to.” The daytime talk show host revealed that she sleeps in a jelly face mask.
© ABC“I sleep in it, and it melts into your skin. And in the morning, I peel it off, and it’s like a miracle. I look just like this,” she said. She also wears retainers for her teeth and puts on glasses to read or watch television.
“And then, I say to Mark, ‘So, what do you want to watch tonight?'” she laughed. “How much more is Mark supposed to tolerate?”
As for Mark, he uses “nasal dilators” and mouth tape every night. The couple’s extensive nighttime routine is just a sign of the times. Kelly explained that the pair didn’t always have such a regimented nighttime routine to help with their morning beauty.
© Disney General Entertainment Con“Let me tell you something, because I see there’s young people here. I see young people here. We used to be hot and sexy,” she shared. “We didn’t know it at the time. We had no idea that we were cute in any way. We didn’t use to have to take vitamins.”
She continued: “I didn’t use to wear a retainer. I didn’t need glasses. I didn’t put on hormone cream. I didn’t even talk about the hormone cream, because the whole rest of me is slippery, too, very slippery. I’m a very slippery person. I go to bed. I look nuts for the love of you people.”