During a segment with wildlife expert Peter Gros, Ripa and her co-host Michael Strahan were introduced to the screaming hairy armadillo, that was indeed screaming. A few weeks after Strahan was selected, Cooper learned his own show was being cancelled.
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After Ripa’s return to the daytime talk show on Tuesday, ET confirmed that Strahan will be leaving Live! on Friday, May 13, instead of staying on as co-host until September, which was initially announced. “This plan also allows GMA to start integrating Michael into the show more often this summer before his full-time start in September”. In the key demo of women 25-54, its 1.4 rating is tied with “Ellen DeGeneres” and a tick behind top-rated “Dr. Phil”.
Also smelling peculiar? Over the past two days, neither Strahan nor Ripa has uttered a word on air about Strahan’s significantly moved-up exit date.
Anderson Cooper and Josh Groban are among the guys lining up to replace Michael Strahan as Kelly Ripa’s co-host on “Live!”. I needed a couple of days to collect my thoughts. However, Ripa, in addition to being indirectly told her show wasn’t the priority, wasn’t informed of Strahan’s departure until an hour before the announcement was made public, which is something she took quite seriously.
She claimed her actions were not fueled by jealousy over co-host Strahan’s new job at Good Morning America, but by the fact that she was deliberately kept in the dark about the change.
We don’t see her just up and walking away. “This is my second home”.
However, with office politics existing, Rita is presently facing an ordeal that has affected her life and her work.
Ripa, 45, was all smiling and laughing with Strahan on Tuesday and then delivered a monologue that was amusing, sincere, emotional and candid.
“The show has worked for a long time because they have found chemistry that is through the roof with the various hosts”, the site’s insider said, “and they want to make sure that the fans accept the decision as well”. “I think she is of mixed minds”, one source close to the program said.
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“I am fairly certain that there are trained professional snipers with tranquilizer darts in case I drift too far off message”, said Ripa, who appeared emotionally taken aback by the audience response.
