--- description: Ripa told David Letterman that she accidentally sent a selfie of her butt (also called a 'belfie') in her underwear to her in-laws title: Watch Kelly Ripa Explain How She Sent A 'Belfie' To Her Mother-In-Law image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte93b077a02f15365/6986a568cd804d44c5cccfb5/156718885.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Kelly Ripa Explain Her 'Belfie' Mishap on _The Late Show_ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2014 3:47 PM CUT  LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL -11/16/12 - Kelly's mother-in-law, Camilla Consuelos, gets into the kitchen as "LIVE" wraps up "Thanksgiving Family Recipe Week" on the newly-rechristened syndicated talk show, LIVE with Kelly and Michael," distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. (Photo by Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney-ABC via Getty Images) CAMILLA CONSUELOS, KELLY RIPA LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL -11/16/12 - Kelly's mother-in-law, Camilla Consuelos, gets into the kitchen as "LIVE" wraps up "Thanksgiving Family Recipe Week" on the newly-rechristened syndicated talk show, LIVE with Kelly and Michael," distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. (Photo by Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney-ABC via Getty Images) CAMILLA CONSUELOS, KELLY RIPALorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2014 3:47 PM CUT Kelly Ripa said this was the first time she had sent a semi-nude photograph of herself. Unluckily for her, her first attempt ended up in the wrong hands. Ripa told David Letterman on _The Late Show_ Wednesday that she accidentally sent a selfie of her butt (also called a ‘belfie’) in her underwear to her in-laws. She had meant to send it to her husband, Mark Consuelos. Her in-laws responded with “you look great, may God continue to bless you.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3429955/kelly-ripa-belfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3429955/kelly-ripa-belfie/"},"headline":"Watch Kelly Ripa Explain Her 'Belfie' Mishap on The Late Show","datePublished":"2014-09-25T15:47:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:24:44.395Z","description":"Belfie combines the words 'butt' and 'selfie'","url":"https://time.com/3429955/kelly-ripa-belfie/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte93b077a02f15365/6986a568cd804d44c5cccfb5/156718885.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte93b077a02f15365/6986a568cd804d44c5cccfb5/156718885.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Live With Kelly And Michael\" - 2012","caption":"ABC's \"Live With Kelly And Michael\" - 2012","creditText":"Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3429955/kelly-ripa-belfie/","name":"Watch Kelly Ripa Explain Her 'Belfie' Mishap on The Late Show"}}]}] ```