Kelly Ripa Officially Loves Lola’s Boyfriend Cassius Kidston
Low-key confession: Kelly Ripa is totally here for her daughter’s romance. On a recent episode of her Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, the Live with Kelly and Mark host showed up with all the mom blessings for Lola Consuelos’s on-again relationship with Swiss native Cassius Kidston. Ripa, who co-hosts with husband Mark Consuelos, paused the usual showbiz chatter to gush “I love him,” and stress that the two families have become “very close” since Lola and Cassius went public.
Lola, 24, casually joined her mom on the episode and spilled some rare deets about how they actually met on a family vacation, but “did not like each other” at first. Over time, that initial friction morphed into a four-year romance marked by what Lola dubbed the invisible string theory—basically, soulmates bound by fate. Their bond only strengthened when they reconnected through mutual friends at NYU, sparking a low-key love story that now has both sets of parents planning joint getaways.
According to Lola, her mom and Cassius’s mom chat regularly about “you two,” cementing a dynamic that’s anything but awkward family mingling. Last summer, Mark and Kelly flew to Switzerland to explore Cassius’s hometown, an adventure that had Ripa extolling the joys of blending Consuelos and Kidston clan time.
Another headline-worthy twist: Lola recently decamped from New York City to London. When Kelly asked whether that move was about career, adventure, or something more, Lola coyly dropped, “Of course there’s someone in London. There is someone very special in London.” Translation: Cassius might be the key driver behind that transatlantic leap.
Despite the distance, the duo isn’t rushing into engagement territory just yet. Lola insists they’re so “present” with each other that splitting isn’t on the menu—they’re playing the long game with zero FOMO. She’s confident they’ll last, especially after she marked their anniversary on Instagram with “Another year of pure magic” and a few sweet snaps that had fans swooning.
This is far from Kelly’s first family mic drop. From sending Michael to college to celebrating Joaquin’s graduation, the Consuelos crew has a habit of turning milestones into joint family celebrations (Greece and Italy adventures included). But none of those moments seem to top the current mom-approved pairing of Lola and Cassius.
Anyway, that’s the skinny. Do with it what you will.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, Let’s Talk Off Camera Podcast
Attribution: Creative Commons Licensed
