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<\/p>\n Kelly Ripa<\/strong><\/a> reflected on her body transformation after she stopped drinking<\/a> eight years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I quit drinking, I expected there to be this windfall of weight loss because everybody\u2019s like, \u2018Well, you are gonna get too skinny, and you can\u2019t afford to lose it,\u2019\u201d Ripa, 54, said during the Wednesday, January 22, episode of Live With Kelly and Mark<\/i><\/a>. \u201cI gained 12 pounds [and said], \u2018I don\u2019t understand this magical weight loss that people apply.\u2019 I think I just took to eating the sugars.\u201d<\/p>\n Ripa, who cohosted Wednesday\u2019s show with pal Andy Cohen<\/strong> in her husband Mark Consuelos<\/strong>\u2019 absence, gave up alcohol in 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re saying that Americans bought less wine last year,\u201d she previously said on a January 2020 episode of Live<\/i><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s the first drop in a quarter of a century. Now, I believe this is because I quit drinking that I caused this dip. I have influenced the market.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cI\u2019m not saying I\u2019ve driven people [from drinking alcohol]. I\u2019m saying, I stopped buying wine and there\u2019s [been] a dip.\u201d<\/p>\n Weeks later, Ripa told People <\/i><\/a>that her wellness journey started when she did a \u201csober month\u201d with her friends.<\/p>\n
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