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Kelly Ripa Blames an 'Insanely Jealous' Mark Consuelos for Making Their Marriage Hard
Things haven't always been easy for morning show star Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos. Despite their on-screen chemistry and long-running relationship, Kelly says Mark made things very hard in the early days of their marriage thanks to his uncontrollable jealousy.
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KELLY AND MARK DISCUSSED THE EARLY DAYS OF THEIR MARRIAGE DURING A PODCAST APPEARANCE.
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The married couple dug into their past during an appearance on Kelly's new Sirius XM podcast Let's Talk Off Camera, calling her husband's jealousy a "hard pill to swallow" once she discovered it shortly after their marriage.
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APPARENTLY MARK LET THE FACADE SLIP WHILE OUT TO DINNER WITH HIS WIFE.
Kelly recalled how Mark immediately "picked a horrible fight" with her after accusing her of giving her order in a "very smiley way."
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FOR HIS PART, MARK SAYS HE WASN'T IN A GOOD PLACE BACK THEN.
Mark, who was just 25 years old at the time, admitted to having a problem with jealousy, saying he was "pretty insane" back then.
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Even at that young age, it couldn't have been easy for the pair to navigate life as newlyweds while dealing with Mark's issues. In fact, Kelly says she used to "pray" for her husband to "lose this personality flaw."
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KELLY ADMITS THAT MARK'S BEHAVIOR PUT A STRAIN ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
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THESE DAYS MARK HAS TAMED HIS DEMONS.

Saying she's "so grateful," Kelly explained how her husband had overcome things.