Kelly Ripa's first response to being offered a Riverdale role: "They’re going to be so sick of Consueloses"

Entertainment Weekly

Ripa says her husband Mark Consuelos first approached her about playing his mistress. “He said (creator), ‘Roberto (Aguirre-Sacasa) wants to know if you would be interested in doing a role on the show.’ (Our son) Michael had just played a young version of Mark, and I said, ‘Oh my gosh, honey, they’re going to be so sick of Consueloses on the set of Riverdale,” Ripa tells EW. “I started naming all these women that I thought would be the perfect actress to play (Hiram’s) mistress, and he was like, ‘No, Roberto wants you.’ How can I turn down an offer like that?”