Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Sleep Arrangements Revealed: The Benefits of Body Pillows, Mouth Tape
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ nightly sleep arrangements are, in their own words, a long way from the “hot and sexy” days of their early relationship. On an April 2026 episode of Live With Kelly and Mark, the couple opened up to guest Emily Blunt about what defines their evenings.
The conversation started with a confession from Consuelos. He recently picked up a long body pillow that helps regulate his temperature at night, because, as Ripa explained, her husband sleeps like “a furnace” while she’s perpetually freezing. Consuelos said he reaches for the pillow “every other night.”
That prompted a quick aside from Blunt: “Where do you go?”
“No, I’m there,” Ripa replied.
“Oh, you’re the body pillow,” Blunt joked.
The Case for Getting a Body Pillow
There’s actually solid reasoning behind the upgrade. Body pillows can support spinal alignment through the night, easing pressure on the back, neck, shoulders and hips, according to mattress maker Naturepedic.
Cozy Earth notes the pillows can also help people with sleep apnea stay off their backs, and Groove points out that long body pillows are especially useful for pregnant sleepers in the third trimester.
Blunt asked whether the couple keeps the room “Baltic-ly cold.” They do — and Consuelos immediately announced he was stealing the phrase.
Ripa joked that even though she “lives in Iceland” most nights, she can warm up her side of the bed whenever she wants. She quipped that being able to crank up the temperature would have made for a very effective form of birth control over the years. “I could have just turned up my side of the bed, and he would’ve been like, ‘No!’” she said. Consuelos chimed in: “Lava! Hot lava!”
Cooler rooms are widely recommended for sleep. North Texas Sleep Solutions notes that body temperature naturally drops at bedtime, and a cool room reinforces that signal. Chilipad adds that cooler environments are linked to longer slow-wave sleep, stronger muscle recovery and increased growth hormone release — markers of both physical recovery and psychological well-being.
Blunt travels prepared, too. She told the couple she carries “a sack of sleep aids” everywhere, including a white noise machine, earplugs, a sleep mask that “encompasses my entire head” and her own pillow. “I’m like a vampire,” she said. “If there is even a crack of light, I’ll be …” — followed by a hiss.
The Full Nighttime Routine of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Earlier in 2026, Ripa and Consuelos detailed the rest of their bedtime regimen. Ripa wears a jelly face mask that “melts into your skin” overnight, plus retainers and reading glasses. “I don’t know how much more I can subject Mark to,” she said.
Consuelos, meanwhile, uses nasal dilators and mouth tape every night. Nasal dilators are flexible devices designed to open the nostrils and improve airflow, often used to reduce snoring or ease nighttime breathing. Mouth tape encourages nasal breathing and may reduce snoring.
How Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Really Feel About Cuddling
Ripa once read aloud research suggesting cuddling at night is linked to more secure attachment and lower stress. She wasn’t sold on the framing. “I don’t feel like we have insecure attachment. I feel like we are overly attached,” she said.
Data from the Better Sleep Council backs up the trend toward separation: 63% of couples sleep most of the night apart, 26% report sleeping better alone and nearly one in 10 say they sleep in separate bedrooms entirely.
No Morning Sex, Please
In March 2026, Shrinking star Christa Miller dropped by with a request for Consuelos. “Mark, I’m going to say this with love. There’s no morning sex. No one likes it. And not even on the weekends.”
Consuelos blamed the early Live call time. “This job has really gotten in the way of that. It’s been the antidote for it.”
Ripa, who has previously called morning intimacy “disgusting,” delivered a message to Miller’s husband, Bill Lawrence: “Bill, for the love of God, on behalf of all of us here in the studio audience, there is absolutely no morning sex.”
Why It’s Rare to See Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Out on Weeknights
Since Consuelos joined the show full-time in April 2023, weeknight outings have become rare. After one recent evening event, Ripa told viewers that spotting them out on a school night is “like looking at unicorns in the wild.” Consuelos used to drag her to 9 p.m. dinners. Now, he said, “I’m 45 minutes past my bedtime.”
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