10 Adorable Photos of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos in the First Years of Their Marriage

The stars celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary on May 1, 2024, and have looked so in love since day one

Happy anniversary, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos!

The stars married in Las Vegas in 1996 after falling in love while working together on All My Children.

"I thought she was adorable, hot and sexy and all that stuff, but I was very focused," Consuelos told HuffPost Live in 2014. "I didn't really think I had a chance with her, so I wasn't really focused on that."

But their work together "really was a happy accident," Ripa told PEOPLE in 2020. "It changed my life. It changed my entire life — not just my acting life, but changed the whole trajectory of my life."

Here, on the pair's 28th wedding anniversary, check out some sweet photos from the first years of their marriage.

1996

Weeks before their wedding, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos made a red-hot pair at the 1996 Soap Opera Digest Awards in Los Angeles.

1997

One year later, they attended the Soap Opera Digest Awards again, this time while expecting their first child together, son Michael.

1997

The newlywed stars had their heads together at the 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 1997 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

1997

Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa couldn't help but sneak a smooch at the Celebrity Brunch and Auction for the Melissa Neier Memorial Fund in New Jersey in November of 1997.

1998

The actors gave bridal vibes at the 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 1998.

1999

Prepping for a Walt Disney World parade, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos posed for a photo at the 4th annual ABC Super Soap Awards weekend in Orlando in 1999.

1999

Another year, another major moment for the couple at the Daytime Emmy Awards.

2001

Were we ever so young! Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa beamed while arriving to VH1 Presents: 'Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin' at Radio City Music Hall in N.Y.C. in 2001.

2001

The couple kept their cool while arriving to a Madonna concert in New York City in July of 2001.

2001

The stars were shining at the 18th Annual Coalition of Italo-American Association Leadership Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in late 2001.

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