Kelly Ripa says marriage vow renewals are the 'kiss of death' and should come with 'divorce papers'

• Kelly Ripa called vow renewals the "kiss of death" on "LIVE with Kelly and Mark."
• She said the ceremonies are a "pre-divorce" signal, because couples only have them when they're having problems.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have been married for nearly three decades, and on Thursday's episode of their talk show "LIVE with Kelly and Mark," she explained why she'll never walk down the aisle to him again in a vow renewal ceremony.

"We are very superstitious about vow renewals," Ripa said, according to People. She went on to describe the ceremony in which married couples exchange new vows, usually in front of guests, as a "kiss of death" that should come with "divorce papers."

In Ripa's opinion, the celebrations might as well signal "pre-divorce," because she said couples only think to do them when they aren't getting along.

Consuelos agreed with his wife, calling vow renewals "messed up" in a way that was worse than leaving the toilet seat up. When pressed by the show's executive producer Michael Gelman about if they'd participate in a ceremony on live TV, they rejected his proposal in unison.

The couple met and played love interests while working on the soap opera "All My Children" and exchanged their first and only set of vows when they eloped in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996.

Ripa and Consuelos have three children together: Michael, 26; Lola, 21; and Joaquin, 20.

After 28 years of marrige, they're now empty nesters, and in 2022 Ripa told Insider's Olivia Singh that while they might not be throwing any parties to celebrate their love in front of friends and family, they are taking "luxurious and adventurous" vacations without their children for the first time since their honeymoon.

Ripa said they "woke up when our eyes opened" and went to the spa and had late-night dinners.

"We didn't get bored. Our kids called us several times because they thought we might miss them or that we were bored in some way. And we tried to pretend, 'It's not as much fun without you guys,' but we had the time of our lives," she said.