“I don’t care,” Ripa told Williams (viaRedbook).
“I’m not your friend, I’m your mom.”
But despite being strict, Ripa isn’t overprotective.
“I felt like they needed an experience.”
Ripa was insistent that both of her kids needed to leave the nest and experience college life.
“Your dad and I need to rediscover each other.”
“She was gone 12 hours and came home,” Ripa said.
“I think he loves the freedom.
He hates paying his own rent and he is chronically poor,” Ripa joked.
“I don’t think he ever experienced extreme poverty like now.”
“For years my kids sort of ignored the $20,” Ripa said.
But she’s also adamant that none of her Hollywood friends offer them a hand.
“No, no, no, that’s too nice,” she told her son.
“you gotta struggle.”
