WAY OT: Kelly Ripa and husband run Big House 5k
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kelly-ripa-mark-consuelos-run-201031370.html
In latest MGoBlog E! News, Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos ran the Big House 5K this past weekend.
Per the article:
Joaquin [their son] joined the wrestling team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in March of 2021, and the couple has been seen attending games at the University of Michigan campus in addition to participating in a parent's weekend.
Have not watched her show in years so not sure if she has talked about Michigan before, but always cool to see the University getting recognition, however random it may be.
Pretty cool. Celebrity couple married since 1996. That's a rarity.
Kelly Ripa? In Ann Arbor? Running a 5K? Such a welcome diversion from Covid, Ukraine and inflation!!
April 13th, 2022 at 12:46 PM ^
Yes there are a lot of bad things in the world, but if you don't stop and look for the good then the bad just consumes you.
Those medals are pretty sweet for a 5k
April 13th, 2022 at 10:32 AM ^
Only celebrities get those medals. The normals like us get smaller ones, brought to you by Dominos pizza.
April 13th, 2022 at 10:44 AM ^
My "normals" wife got the same medal.
April 13th, 2022 at 11:07 AM ^
This is the least Bill Brasky thing ever, I’m starting to think this is not the real Bill Brasky. I once saw Bill Brasky complete a 5K in three steps, when he was done, he turned around and did it again backwards because someone at the starting line said they could run it in 100 steps.
TO BILL BRASKY! (The real one)
April 13th, 2022 at 11:41 AM ^
To Bill Brasky!
No! They never use his first name when doing a cheers for him. It's "to Brasky!"
Actually…they usually don’t use his first name when telling tales of his life, “Brasky once ran the Big House 5K, and Kelly Ripa gave him her gold medal but he turned it down because it wasn’t platinum” but their cheers always includes his fist name. “TO BILL BRASKY!”
Jenny Hurts daughter goes to Michigan too and she regularly talks about it on here xm show
April 13th, 2022 at 10:41 AM ^
Who is Jenny Hurt(s)? Never heard of her and no relevant google searches. I did find someone named Jenny Hutt who has a radio show, but I've never heard of her, either.
I think they're referring to Jenny Hutt?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hutt
Jenny Hutt? Any relation to Jabba?
Kelly and Regis were the best. Always a fun watch on a slow vacation day morning. It was the generational contrast that gave the show its energy.
Kelly and Strahan never really found the right rhythm. He's gotten a little bit smoother on Good Morning America, but though he's a charismatic personality, he's just never going to be a natural TV performer.
I've tried watching Kelly and Ryan Seacrest a few times, but they have never really clicked for me. Something about him is off.
Consuelos is a decent actor and by all accounts s really nice guy. It's nice to see them support school causes like this. All publicity is good publicity.
April 13th, 2022 at 10:27 AM ^
wonder if Vladimir Putin is a fan of Kelly; or maybe he is more of a Kathie Lee guy..........or even Joy Behar.
He's a fan of Hitler and Stalin.
April 13th, 2022 at 10:33 AM ^
”The way Kathy Lee needed Regis, that’s the way I need Jesus.”
April 13th, 2022 at 11:11 AM ^
I agree 100% with all of this.
When my first kid was born, I was up at all hours and watched much more daytime TV than normal. Regis (who I always liked on Letterman) was great because he combined being a consummate TV showman with being a relatable, quick-witted, guy (mostly through how he would get annoyed about something and get low-key enraged at that injustice of it all) even if he was incredibly rich.
Seacrest is as polished a TV/radio performer as can be and is thus fine to pass the time, but he doesn't seem authentic, so I don't particularly care for him one way or the other.
April 13th, 2022 at 10:09 PM ^
So right about Regis. A true performer, yet never stopped relating to normal folks.
And as to the other comment, yes, he was all in for ND, and as much as ND is and always has been my personal number 1 rival, I related to a guy who was die hard for his college team.
Regis made that show, regardless of who his female counterpart was.
April 13th, 2022 at 12:35 PM ^
Regis was a hard-core ND golden domer. He may have been funny and interesting but the ND stuff would have been a non-starter for me.
April 13th, 2022 at 10:53 AM ^
Kelly almost always has a Michigan mug or some other such bit on the show, and yes, she frequently mentions Michigan.
Not that I regularly watch. Posting for a friend...
April 13th, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
Northwestern has Julia Louis-Dreyfus, we have Kelly Ripa, Madonna and Michelle Obama. We're winning the Celebrity Mom Competition!
Don't forget Maria Shriver! Chris Schwarzenegger went to Michigan
I thought I read somewhere that the Obamas' daughter transferred?
Let me know if Kate Upton is planning to run.... I'd make the trip to see that
There would likely be a lot of chafing. If you know what I mean. And I think you do.
We did not see these two among the thousands running (a lot walking, also). For what it's worth, I think it was an excellent value in terms of 5k races (decent tech top, well mapped course, lot of volunteers and nicely organized). The only downside, perhaps, is the first 2 km are legit uphill.
But the 3rd and 4th kms are downhill!
So did I but I was in group E when I jogged/walked it.
So this might fit into the “cool story bro” category, but I think it’s relevant/interesting enough.
My old man was a med school professor and sometimes lent his office to students to study.
There was this particular couple who would take him up on it, Kelly Costello and Mark Consuelos.
While Mike (who is Mark C’s brother) did his UG at Princeton, Kelly was a proud UM grad and had previously dated Mike Griffin, who some of a certain age might remember from the 1989 UM hoops team. Since I was already team UM during my HS years i thought that was cool as all get out.
PS- Kelly C’s family lived outside of Allentown PA and used to invite my dad (who grew up on weekends/summers outside of Ludington and fashioned himself as a part-time hunter/redneck) up on the first day of PA deer season (which is a legit holiday in most of the state). There were so many deer that if he didn’t arrive in time he’d be assigned someone else’s second buck of their day, and on more than one occasion Kelly Ripa would be with her brother/sis in law would be there to greet them back at the house when they were preparing their venison supply for the winter