Kelly Ripa addresses backlash over 'extreme poverty' comments: 'People love to have fake outrage'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kelly Ripa is hitting back at her critics following her controversial comments from earlier this week.
In an appearance on Tuesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the 49-year-old daytime host joked that 22-year-old son Michael was experiencing "extreme poverty" for the first time in his life — but the comments weren't well received on social media.
Users on Twitter called the TV host “out of touch” and said she should “stop talking about things [she has] no clue about.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}KELLY RIPA IS 'REGRETFUL' SHE AND MARK CONSUELOS DID NOT HAVE A 4TH KID
Ripa took to Instagram to address the backlash she received and hit back at a user who asked if son Michael has ever had a job.
“Michael goes to college and is a senior and works full time. He is in his first non parent subsidized apt with roommates,” said Ripa.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I’m used to getting a lot of slack because people love to have fake outrage over something they didn’t see. They only read a headline and wag their tired fingers."
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“I didn’t grow up privileged and neither did @instasuelos,” she continued, referring to husband Mark Consuelos. “We work and we expect our kids to as well. And the fact that a pack of fools want to b---- about that, I say let em.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ripa made the comments on Kimmel's show while discussing her son’s transition into adulthood.
During the appearance, Ripa said Michael's budget is so tight that he looks forward to the $20 dollars his grandparents send him for Halloween.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"For years, my kids sort of ignored the $20," Ripa said. "But now that [Michael's] living on his own, he's called, like, three times. 'Has the Halloween envelope arrived?'
"He's experiencing being an adult," Ripa added.