Parents whose children have grown and left home, a stage Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have joked about openly since their youngest moved out. Joaquin’s Broadway success gives the empty nest a twist: the quiet house now belongs to parents watching their 23-year-old collect a Sexiest Man Alive category from a distance — proudly, and slightly incredulously.
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