KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS

When Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa starred as on-screen love interests, they fell head over heels like many Hollywood couples. The fact that they’ve been married for 25 years is what sets them apart.

Ripa played Hayley Vaughan on All My Children for five years when Consuelos flew to New York City to audition for Mateo Santos. Ripa fell for the Spanish actor’s headshot the moment the casting director showed it to her. Consuelos, on the other hand, was solely concerned with obtaining the position. He was cast in the role and remained on the show until 2001, playing Vaughan’s love interest. Ripa and Consuelos eloped less than a year after meeting, and on May 1, 1996, they married in a small chapel they discovered in the phone book. This year, the couple celebrated 25 years of marriage, which has everyone wondering how two individuals with such prominent degrees manage to make it work.