Kelly Ripa Reveals the Surprising Cosmetic Procedure She Got Done on Her Butt as a “Desperate Measure”

The Gist

• Kelly Ripa got candid about her experience with a celebrity-loved cosmetic procedure in an interview on March 31.

• The TV personality revealed she got the treatment done as a “desperate measure.”

• Ripa previously opened up about her experience with botox in a 2025 interview.

Kelly Ripa isn’t gatekeeping the “desperate measures” she’s taken to refresh her appearance. While chatting with Lukas Gage in a March 31 episode of her podcast, “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa,” the 55-year-old TV personality revealed the unexpected cosmetic procedure she got done on her butt.

Kelly Ripa at Family Equality’s Night at the Pier Gala held at Pier Sixty on May 12, 2025 in New York, New York
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Talking with the White Lotus actor on Tuesday, Ripa opened up about a surprising aesthetic treatment she got when Gage said he’d gotten microneedling—which stimulates collagen in the skin to improve skin texture and firmness as well as to reduce scars and wrinkles— done on his face. “Oh wait, you got microneedling?” she asked, sharing, “I did that on my ass cheeks.”

Kelly Ripa attends the 2023 Oscars on March 12, 2023
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However, Ripa said that the celebrity-loved cosmetic treatment—which is loved by stars like Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian, and Gwyneth Paltrow—didn’t live up to the hype in her experience. “I’m going to tell you something … just as old as before,” she said when Gage asked her about her final results, joking, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos attend ESPN’s “Running With The Wolves” series premiere on July 23, 2025 in New York City.
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Ripa—who shares her three kids Michael, 28, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 23, with husband and co-host Mark Consuelos—previously opened up about her “less is more” approach to anti-aging procedures. During a February 2025 episode of her show, Ripa said that she’s been getting Botox for a long time, albeit in an unusual location.

“I used to get Botox just in my armpits to stop from sweating,” she shared at the time. “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.” Ripa said she’s tried to avoid overdoing the injectable, adding, “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.”

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