Kelly Ripa Quotes

Kelly Ripa delivers a sharp, self-deprecating joke about TV image.

15 quotes

1. 'I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.'

2. 'I get paid to make out with the hunks!'

3. 'I am a travel slut!'

4. I think children are like pancakes: You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.

5. It makes my makeup artist's life easier. [Plus] it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.

6. I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!

7. I work out with a trainer, Anna Kaiser, three days a week.

8. My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them.

9. I work out every day. It's part of my life. That's one of the benefits of having kids in school full-time. I do it more for my insides than my outside, but the outside gets a nice benefit, too. I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise. And I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

10. Having been a cheerleader, I know all too well what these girls give up to join forces and compete.

11. I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise.

12. I'm like any working mom.

13. If I'm exhausted and I just don't feel like it, then I don't do it. I am a human being, after all. But I also know I'm the kind of person who, if I take one day off, well, it's very easy for me to take the next day off and then quit exercising.

14. I'll quit tanning when the satchel handle grows out of my back.

15. I had a picture-perfect childhood.