Kelly Ripa And Mark Consuelos Celebrate Daughter Lola's College Graduation; 'We Are So Proud Of You'
By Melanie VanDerveer on May 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM EDT
"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets."
And Lola Consuelos got just what she wanted - a college degree! Her proud parents, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, shared some photos from their daughter's recent New York University graduation on Instagram.
Lola Consuelos Has Graduated From NYU!
Ripa took to Instagram to celebrate her daughter's big achievement with a video montage of photos taken at the graduation of the family. The video was perfectly set to the song "Whatever Lola Wants" by Ella Fitzgerald, and captioned, "Lola Gets! 🎓 #HappyGraduation and congrats @theyoungestyung...we are so proud of you 👏 👩🎓 🎉 @instasuelos #NYU2023 #NYUCliveDavisInstitute."
We love you!!"
All of the photos had a theme - pride and excitement. The video included photos of Lola, 21, with her parents and her older brother Michael, 25. Younger brother, Joaquin, 20, wasn't seen in any of the photos.
The video starts off with Lola, who studied music and production, posing in front of silver 2023 balloons wearing a white dress and her cap and violet tassel. The photos share sweet moments with family and friends all celebrating Lola's big achievement.
Tons of congratulatory messages filled the comment section of Ripa's post.
"Congratulations Lola! My goodness @kellyripa and @instasuelos I remember when you announced you were pregnant with Lola. Both of you be very, very proud. They are smart, kind and beautiful souls you reared. Bravo," one follower wrote.
Another added, "Congrats!! Lola looks stunning!! 2 graduated college and 1 to go! Good job mom and dad!!👏❤️"
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Mark's post also got many messages of congratulations.
Andy Cohen wrote, "Congratulations. Wow - in the blink of an eye." Carson Kressley added, "Omg how can this be! Pony club yesterday - graduating college today!"
Lola Is Ready To Get Her Career In Music Going
In August of last year, Lola's debut single, "Paranoia Silverlining" was released. She spoke to PEOPLE about the start of her music career.
"I've been making music since I was 14 years old and never really had anything that I thought was legitimate enough to write about or something that resonated with me. So I came up with the idea around 'Paranoia Silverlining,' which is the notion that maybe your biggest fears don't exist and that everyone, like it or not, [are] going to be paranoid," she explained.
"It was just a good theme for what was going on in my life at the moment and I really liked the vibe and the sound of everything. I thought, 'If I don't do this now, I don't know if I ever will,' because I can second guess myself a lot."
Lola explained that time and experience is helping her writing along.
"I'm at this point in my life where I really just want to get the ball rolling," she said. "I have a lot of material to write about. As I've gotten older, I have a lot more life experience in terms of relationships and friendships. It was a good introduction to the type of music I like to make and what I like to speak about."