Kelly Ripa Revealed The 1 Thing That Happened When She Stopped Drinking

LOADINGERROR LOADINGKelly Ripa’s journey to sobriety led to a surprising plot twist: weight gain.On Wednesday on “Live with Kelly and Mark,” Ripa welcomed Andy Cohen as a guest cohost while her husband, Mark Consuelos, was filming a new project.

During the segment, Cohen revealed he was in the midst of “Dry January,” prompting Ripa to ask how it was going.His response? “Boring!”Advertisement “Are you dry dry?” Ripa inquired, playfully wondering if Cohen was supplementing his hiatus from alcohol with edibles.

Cohen admitted to partaking, and Ripa responded that he’s “not really dry.” Cohen quickly clarified that his definition of “Dry January” only extends to abstaining from alcohol.Kelly Ripa and Andy Cohen attend the CAA pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower Hotel on March 8, 2024, in Los Angeles.Vivien Killilea via Getty ImagesAdvertisement Cohen then stated that he usually expects “a little weight loss” during this period, but that a little over three weeks into the year, he’s not seeing the results he’s grown accustomed to.

“When I quit drinking, I expected there to be this windfall of weight loss,” Ripa said, noting that some people warned her she would become “too skinny.” But the opposite happened, she said, and she gained 12 pounds.“I think I just took to eating the sugars,” Ripa said of why she didn’t lose the weight she expected.“Because apparently, alcohol is like, a lot of sugar, which you don’t really realize when it goes in it tastes kind of bitter.”Advertisement Andy Cohen told Kelly Ripa he was participating in Dry January.Bravo via Getty ImagesExperts recently told HuffPost that abstaining from alcohol can indeed lead to sugar cravings, as Ripa suggested, but also helps some people lose weight.Go Ad-Free — And Protect The Free PressThe next four years will change America forever.

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