Kelly Ripa may be done with Michael Strahan
A source says Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan may never co-host Live! again after she was "blindsided" by the announcement Tuesday that he would be leaving to co-host Good Morning America.
"I don't believe that co-hosting together is a viable option anymore," a source tells PEOPLE. "Anything is possible, but that doesn't seem like a viable option. Practically, it's a different dynamic now."
"Michael has called her and reached out to her and texted her, and she is not acknowledging him," a second source told PEOPLE, adding that Ripa had gone"radio silent" when it came to dealing with management – or letting them know if she planned to return to work on Tuesday – and that staffers were becoming nervous.
"Nobody knows if she will return to work Tuesday or not, and the people are very nervous. They're flying blind," says the second source. "The longer she stays silent the more concerned they get."
But the first source says Ripa's choice to remain silent has been entirely deliberate.
"She wanted to take a step back right now," says the source. "She's not saying anything because she wants to take the time to think about it. There's stuff the network has to demonstrate to her as well insofar as their commitment to the show. She and Michael always had a decent relationship. Her issue here is with the management's actions."
Now, says the source, she has to consider what her next move will be.
"She has to decide whether she can sit there with Michael again. It doesn't seem like that's going to be something possible. But she's trying to make a smart decision not a rash decision."
And according to the Strahan source: "Nothing is changing until everyone finds out for some reason that Kelly is not coming Tuesday. Then that's a whole other conversation. It's business as usual for Michael. He's not getting in the way of her coming back. ... He wants her to come back."
tuesday is going to be all
here's what to look for from the outset...if they walk on the set with fingers interlocked or not
if they walk out like this then they either worked out some shit or theyre putting on a REALLY good front.
if they walk on just holding hands but without fingers interlocked then shit just got real.
Kelly doesn't work for ABC, no one at Live does...
Kelly doesn't work for ABC, no one at Live does...
Live is a syndicated show that ABC has some ownership of -like Oprah's show back in the day
If GMA is able to replace Live and keep the same ratings ABC makes more money than they get now from Live
Here is what I'm starting hear:
ABC always liked Mike and wanted to do something but were unsure of a bunch of things -
they endorsed him going on Live. So with the obvious good on screen chemistry plus the ABC co-sign he got the gig
Later when ABC reached over to have him work PT on GMA the writing was on the wall they really got him on Live to season him...
Now when they told Kelly, it wasn't only- oh Mike is moving to GMA full time - it was ABC is taking him and
his new show will be bumping you in every major market from your morning time slot...
Kelly knows there is a world of hurt between 9a and 2p - its impossible for Live to maintain its numbers at 2p,
4p would be ideal but ABC in major markets are committed to news / infotainment at 4p
insult to injury - look at who ABC is thinking of pairing Mike with in the 9 to 10 hour:
its not so much her -its was more so Gelman and other stakeholders in Live...
insult to injury - look at who ABC is thinking of pairing Mike with in the 9 to 10 hour:
the type of rant kelly did later that day she heard the news...
Therapist: Is it possible that these people are the reason you wanna buy this agency?
Kelly: OK, Yes! If I could gouge out ABC EXEC 1 eyeballs, and eat them for what he did to me, I would. And I would sell that Benedict Arnold EXEC 2 into white slavery if we lived in a place that had a market for it. And MICHAEL that gap toothed bastard, who I personally vouched for and welcomed into my show with open arms and who left me for those two scumbags… I would tie him up and allow the entire screen actors guild to anally rape him if not for the fact that I would probably get called a racist for it. I hate ‘m all. And yes, I want to see them destroyed...
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yeah..you can see clearly the thrill is gone between them.. before they were all touchy feely and laffing at every little thing they said..now its like two parents who are cordial in front of the kids. Kelly used to touch him on the arm and lean in when he talked to her now she's reserved and just doing her job..
don't look for this shit in the last 2 weeks mikes there
Good Morning Zodmerica
Da fucks her problem. Fuck her.
Da fucks her problem. Fuck her.
watch the whole clip on that divorce thing... at 3:27 mike makes a joke out it and look at kelly's face.... she threw a shot and he flipped it and she's all
her body language is not good...
