Kelly Ripa once jumped off a boat to prove she could talk to dolphins ‘fluently’
Kelly Ripa once dove into the ocean because she thought she could communicate with dolphins.
During Tuesday’s episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark,” the talk show host recalled her friend’s 50th birthday trip to Mexico where they encountered dolphins.
“Many years ago, we were at our friend’s 50th birthday in Mexico, OK, and they rented a boat for sunset cocktails,” she started. “And all of a sudden in the water, we were surrounded by wild dolphins.”
The former actress, 53, then detailed that she was coming from filming an episode of the talk show in Miami where she swam with dolphins and “communicated” with them.
“So, I, Kelly Ripa, jump into the water and I go, ‘I know how to talk to the dolphins!’ I’m like, ‘I’m gonna call them over!'” she said while making the high-pitched clicking noises she used to attract them.
However, one of her friends reminded her they had encountered “wild dolphins” and “not trained dolphins.”
“But in my mind, I thought I could talk to the dolphins because I had spoken so fluently to them,” she said while laughing.
Ripa’s co-host and husband of 28 years, Mark Conseulos, then playfully told her, “Yeah. You need to be able to do that in Spanish, and then it’d be fine.”
The longtime talk show host shared her story after Consuelos, 53, read a report that some artificial agencies are working on humans and animals being able to talk to each other.
The “Riverdale” actor was passionate about the story because he wanted to know what his beloved rescue dog Lena is saying.
“I know what she’s saying! ‘Get away from me, you weirdo!'” Ripa told her husband jokingly.
The “All My Children” stars have never been shy about teasing each other on the Emmy-winning talk show.
Most recently, Ripa exposed her husband for making her his “personal ATM” because he does “not carry cash.”
The two have also candidly talked about their love life, shared details about their three children and packed on the PDA during past episodes.
The couple eloped in Las Vegas in 1996 and share three children: sons Michael, 27, Joaquin, 21, and daughter Lola, 23.
