Kelly Ripa Admits She Had a ‘Big Fight Backstage’ Over Talk Show Topic She Refused to Discuss

Kelly Ripa isn’t on board with one popular word!

During the Tuesday, November 3, episode of Live With Kelly and Mark, the 56-year-old TV host said she was asked to discuss Dictionary.com’s word of the year, “maxxing,” but she didn’t want to, which led to an argument, according to Entertainment Weekly.

“Do you want to hear about the word of the year, everybody? We had a big fight backstage,” Ripa shared on the morning talk show. “Oh, we had quite a fight.”

The actress noted that “maxxing,” for sure, “wouldn’t have been my word.”

“I wouldn’t have picked this word,” she added. An audience member was seemingly confused by the term, saying, “What?”

“Like ‘looksmaxxing.’ Have you heard of this? Looksmaxxing? Right, our audience has not heard of it,” Ripa stated.

Looking at the show’s producer, Michael Gelman, Ripa declared, “Just like I said they wouldn’t!” per Entertainment Weekly.

As for Ripa’s husband and cohost, Mark Consuelos, he dubbed looksmaxxing “stupid” and said people “should probably do less of that” the outlet reported. However, “proteinmaxxing” at the gym interested the Riverdale alum, 55, and he admitted, “I kind of like it now!”

Proving her point about the audience not wanting to hear about maxxing, Ripa joked, “I just watched an entire audience of people go to sleepmaxxing.”

According to Dictionary.com, “Maxxing is a word that refers to the practice of pursuing an activity to the fullest or optimizing a certain aspect of your life.”