Kelly Ripa, 54, reveals how much weight she GAINED when she stopped drinking alcohol
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Kelly Ripa discussed the surprising way her body changed when she quit drinking alcohol nearly eight years ago. On Wednesday's Live with Kelly and Mark episode, which saw Andy Cohen fill in for Mark, the 54-year-old talk show host revealed how eliminating liquor from her diet transformed her figure.
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It came after Cohen, 56, revealed he’s not drinking this month as he participates in 'Dry January.'. Cohen noted about his experience, 'Usually a little weight loss comes my way after [I stop drinking],' but said that this time around it's 'not really happening yet.'.
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That's when Kelly chimed in and said: 'I told you when I quit drinking, I expected there to be this windfall of weight loss because everybody's like, "Well, you are going to get too skinny, and you can't afford to lose it."'. The mother-of-three went on to share: 'I gained 12 pounds [and thought], "I don't understand this magical weight loss that people apply."'.
Kelly Ripa discussed the surprising way her body changed when she quit drinking alcohol nearly eight years ago. On Wednesday's Live with Kelly and Mark episode, which saw Andy Cohen fill in for Mark, the 54-year-old talk show host revealed how eliminating liquor from her diet transformed her figure.
The mother-of-three went on to share: 'I gained 12 pounds [and thought], "I don't understand this magical weight loss that people apply"'. The petite blonde mused, 'I think I just took to eating the sugars. Because apparently, alcohol is like a lot of sugar, which you don't really realize [because] when it goes in it tastes kind of bitter.'.
