Here's why Kelly Ripa wouldn't have married ex Mark Consuelos today

Kelly Ripa says she and her former husband Mark Consuelos wouldn’t have eloped today at a time like today.

During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the actress reflected on the moment that made the couple elope and marry each other.

The divorced couple had been dating but were broken up at the time they appeared on a show together. Apparently, while waiting on the pre-taping, the duo mended fences and eloped the next day.

Comparing the moment from today, Ripa said, "I keep saying that I draw a parallel to today. If we were dating then and if we had broken up then and if we had to do Live with Regis and Kathie Lee then, we would not be together.”

She explained: “Because we would have been distracted with social media or our cell phones. Or reading the news on our news app. There were so many distractions that didn’t exist then that exist today that I can say I don’t think we would have … We eloped the next day.”

The talk show host also shared that because they were forced together into a room with “nothing else but each other to look at,” Consuelos asked for forgiveness and she accepted his apology.

Mark Consuelos had previously revealed that the couple married the next day.