However, Strahan’s departure, which was originally scheduled for September, has been moved up to May.
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Ripa alerted staff members of her return in an email sent late Friday.
She returned to deafening applause from her fans on Tuesday.
Daytime television was rocked last week when Kelly Ripa skipped out a day early on her planned vacation and let rumors fly about Michael Strahan’s departure from Live in a few weeks. The new report clarifies he is leaving “Live!” this May 13.
That means the on-air tryouts for a new host will start in mid-May.
The former soap opera actress has been co-host of “Live” since 2001, first with Regis Philbin and then with Strahan. Strahan was ultimately selected.
Millions of people tune into morning shows every day in a very vulnerable state: bleary-eyed, getting dressed, not quite ready to face the day.
Many people appear mystified by the attention this incident received – if I couldn’t tell from the thousands of Internet comments, I was clued in by angry phone calls from readers who demanded to know why I was “disgracing” myself by covering this story.
Maybe that is a message of who Kelly wants to sit next to.
“I’ve kind of said everything I had to say about it”, Bravo’s head honcho, 47, told Us exclusively.
“Unless one of them can come on, she doesn’t really want to do it”, Us Weekly’s source alleged of Kelly. Though her four-show hiatus seemed barely enough to panic over, it could now be noted as one of the most suspenseful times in talk show history along with her intense return. “It’s about the right partnership”.
WWHL Clubhouse! via YouTube Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen have both taken their names out of the ring.
Both men are believed to have long-term contracts with their respective networks.
Of course, Cooper also has several jobs.
We have a feeling the 45-year-old will be doing plenty more solo interviews in the near future!
Earlier this month, Cooper released a book and an HBO documentary with his mother.
Ripa went on to reassure Strahan and the viewers that she is thrilled for the opportunity he’s been given, and couldn’t be prouder.
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