Live! with Kelly and Michael Tv Show/via Youtube Amid behind-the-scenes drama, Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan won a Daytime Emmy on Sunday. Um, it’s Michael that’s leaving… “A week from this Friday is Michael’s final show here at Live!” she announced as the crowd booed.
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But Ripa may be in luck, as former co-host Regis Philbin has been asked to return to the show, Page Six reported.
WATCH: Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan’s 7 Most Awkward Moments During Her Return to Live! .
Sources say Ripa is pushing for Anderson Cooper, also a close friend and her top choice as her co-host back in 2012 when Strahan was chosen. After a tumultuous week of snubs and non-appearances, Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan appeared together on “Live”, celebrating their big Daytime Emmy win. It’s very flattering. I love Kelly.
Michael Strahan’s days are numbered – as the co-host of “Live!” and ABC executives are scrambling to find a co-host, even temporarily, for star Kelly Ripa. And the fiery Ripa has sparked a couple of quick burns, introducing a segment about divorce by bringing up Strahan’s recent one.
‘When I look at this whole situation, it’s worth noting that the two of them, Kelly and Michael, they had such great chemistry – such great chemistry, ‘ said Cohen.
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Neither of the presenters was at the Daytime Emmy Awards, which went untelevised for the second time in three years after the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences chose to forgo a live airing due the high broadcast cost.
