Overview
- Ripa detailed on her Feb. 3 Let's Talk Off Camera episode that a Christmas Day argument over which images could be posted led her to stop speaking to her three adult children for about four hours.
- She said the dispute erupted as she tried to share a family carousel taken in front of a church Christmas tree, with each child rejecting certain shots.
- In December, Ripa and Mark Consuelos said they would leave their children off the 2025 holiday card to avoid annual approval wrangling.
- The couple selected a photo with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders for the card, a choice Ripa said left their kids feeling slighted.
- They have used substitutes before, including a Riverdale cast photo, reflecting a recurring strategy when family photo sign-offs stall.