Mark Consuelos & Kelly Ripa

One of the downfalls for celebrity sweethearts is that their jobs often require them to spend time apart, but Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have stood the test of time and rode the pressure that Hollywood entails. Like many show business couples, they fell hard and fast for each other when they portrayed on-screen lovers. However, what sets them apart is that they’ve lasted nearly 25 years as a married couple.

Credits to the show All My Children for paving the way for their romance to flourish, ultimately ending in matrimony and three kids.It was in 1996 when the actor popped the question over wine and pizza at his apartment. Of course, Ripa said yes, but what comes next might surprise you. Consuelos said to her, “Let’s go to Vegas tomorrow and get married.” Yes, the two did just that and began their “happily ever after.”