Kelly Ripa is getting real about the work she's done in a "desperate" attempt to make parts of her body look younger. The always candid host has been open in the past about her cosmetic procedures, but her latest admission will have you grabbing your butt in imaginary pain.
© GettyOn the Let's Talk Off Camera podcast, the 55-year-old was chatting with guest Lukas Gage, who explained he gets microneedling. "Wait, you got microneedling?" she said before admitting, "I did that on my ass cheeks."
The non-surgical cosmetic procedure is marketed as a tool to improve skin texture, stretch marks, acne scars, cellulite, and sagging skin by stimulating collagen and elastin production. When Gage asked how it looked, she gave an honest response, "Just as old as before." Ripa then admitted to the lengths women will go to, saying, "Desperate times call for desperate measures."
Ripa has always been honest about her relationship with her body. She explained on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast in 2025 that she even considered a boob job. "We know that I'm flat-chested. It's not a mystery at this point. It's almost a point of pride," she explained.
© Gustavo Caballero"Like, every time I hear about the new boob guy, I go, and I have a consult," she said. "And I'm like, 'What? What will you do?' And they always, like, say all the right things and do all the right things," she shared. But one thing always talks her out of it, pops up on her cell phone with horror stories about the operations.
As for the work she has done, in 2018, she said she had Botox injections in her armpits to reduce sweating. Then she moved onto her face. "One day I said, ‘Do you think I should put Botox in my face?’ And [her doctor] looked at me and he goes, ‘I thought this day would never come.’ And I was like ‘Oh my God, I needed Botox' ... there’s a sweet spot."
But she keeps things minimal. “I’m a minimalist … I do the crow’s feet, and I do the neck, and that’s it. I do it now three times a year," she said.
© Variety via Getty ImagesShe also got Botox in her jaw to stop her teeth grinding. “I got Botox in my jaw because my dentist recommended it, and it’s changed my life. It’s changed my life," she shared on Live with Kelly and Mark.
“The Botox helped me reduce my nighttime accessories to ‘upper and lower [retainers], no head-gear,’” she shared. “I put my retainer in. That’s what I’ve got going on."
© Disney via Getty ImagesWhen it comes to aging, she's also been candid about what it's like being married to Mark Consuelos and "the fact" that he isn't aging. "It bothers me," she said in a July 2025 episode, "Like, I resent the fact that you just aren’t aging. At all. In any way. Not even a little bit."
"He just now started to get three gray hairs, and he’s like, ‘Can you see it? Can you see the gray hairs?" Ripa continued. "If I plucked out my gray hairs, I'd be bald. Completely bald. Totally bald."
