Kelly Ripa Reveals Her Surprising Other Dream Career
Kelly Ripa may be most famous as the longtime co-host of Live and as an actor on shows such as All My Children and Hope & Faith. Yet, it turns out there’s actually another profession she would have liked to try, and it’s pretty far away from the silver screen. The star opened up about her other dream job on the April 15 episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, revealing that she wished she would have trained to be either a midwife or doula.
Kelly made the confession while speaking to a midwife via video call as she and co-host Ryan Seacrest continue to film new episodes remotely from the safety of their homes amid the coronavirus lockdown.
“You are living my other profession. Once upon a time, I was like, ‘I wish I could be a midwife or a doula,'” the talk show host shared while speaking to Jennifer Shoback, a midwife in Pennsylvania, during the show’s “Working Heroes” segment, per Fox News.
“I wish I had that level of expertise,” Kelly then continued.
She added that she’s always had an interest in the profession because she finds “the whole childbirth experience to be so incredible and miraculous and exhilarating.”
“You do such a phenomenal job there,” Kelly said.
Jennifer was on the morning show to discuss her experience going to work in a hospital every day to help expectant mothers amid the pandemic.
She opened up about the “really scary” time so many people are facing right now as she explained that she and her healthcare worker colleagues “have masks on” and are all “dressed from head to toe” in protective gear to keep everyone safe during baby deliveries.
Kelly then heaped praise on Jennifer and others like her across the world who are going to work every day while millions remain under stay-at-home orders.
“I know from experience that you are a source of comfort to the women in those delivery rooms,” said Kelly, who is a mom to three children with her husband of more than two decades, Mark Consuelos. “We are just so thankful that you are fighting the good fight every day and bringing these beautiful little people into the world.”
While she’s praising the nation’s healthcare workers amid the crisis, Kelly’s also been getting very candid about how she’s adapting to the stay-at-home order both on Live and on social media over the past few weeks.
She recently showed off her gray hairs on Instagram as she joked about not being able to head out for her regular hair appointments to keep her roots blond.
At the end of March, Ripa became visibly emotional on Live as she opened up about the death of her former All My Children co-star and close friend John Callahan, as reported by The Inquisitr.
