Kelly Ripa: 'I get Botox every seven months'

Kelly Ripa has admitted that she regularly gets Botox to stay looking young.

The Live with Kelly and Michael hostess confessed that she has had a helping hand with her appearance by freezing the muscles on her face and armpits.


[Pictured above: Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos]

The 42-year-old revealed the information during an interview at a New York City spin class with Elle.

After barely perspiring at the exercise session, she said: "It's the Botox," adding that she will, on occasion, get injections in her armpits to avoid sweating.

Ripa continued: "Every seven months or so, my eyelid skin rests on my eyelashes. So I feel like it makes my make-up artist's life easier, and it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now."


[Pictured above: Kelly Ripa with former co-host Regis Philbin]

Ripa said that she could present Live "forever", but would also like to produce more.

She has founded a production company with her husband Mark Consuelos that - in addition to scripted projects - has developed a number of reality shows, including Cheer on CMT, about cheerleading competitions, and Dirty Soap on E!, about the lives of soap actors.

She added: "I've never really planned my career, and it's led me to where I am now. I also enjoy writing, but will it lead to anything? I don't know. I'm probably not very good, but lack of talent hasn't stopped me before."

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