It\u2019s been six years since Michael Strahan left the \u201cLive With Kelly and Michael\u201d to join \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d It was a bit of a messy departing, In fact, Strahan wound up leaving three months earlier than originally planned, and co-host Kelly Ripa was so blindsided that he chose to leave, that she took a week-long hiatus from the show after it happened.<\/p>\n
When she came back, she acknowledged why she left\u2014but it was vague. \u201cI needed a couple of days to gather my thoughts; after 26 years with this company, I earned the right,\u201d Ripa had told her audience at the time after returning to the show. \u201c(This) started a much greater conversation about communication, and consideration, and most importantly respect in the workplace \u2026 apologies have been made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strahan may have said sorry that he left, but he and Ripa definitely don\u2019t have the same relationship as they did while hosting the show.<\/p>\n
Only recently did Strahan open up a can of worms about how the show ended years prior, and about his relationship with Ripa\u2014or should we say his non-relationship with her.<\/p>\n
According to Strahan\u2019s interview with Time, he and Ripa\u2019s friendship never recovered after he left. In fact, the two don\u2019t really speak to each other anymore.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned through all that went down with that, you can\u2019t convince people to like you,\u201d he said in his interview. \u201cI haven\u2019t spoken to her in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today, the two are still doing their own same morning shows\u2014Ripa on \u201cLive with Kelly and Ryan\u201d (thanks to Ryan Seacrest signing on to be the show\u2019s co-host in 2017) and Strahan on Good Morning America. He and Sara Haines host the third hour of the morning show, which runs in the early afternoon.<\/p>\n
In a prior interview with Deadline, Strahan hinted that there were some issues with Ripa behind the stage while they were still hosting\u2014ones that were beyond his control.<\/p>\n
I remained the same person I was from Day 1. One thing I will not do is alter my attitude for somebody else\u2019s. I learned so much from Kelly, so much from (executive producer) Michael Gelman. When it was time to go, it was time to go. Certain things that were going on behind the scenes just caught up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Which show do you prefer\u2014Live with Kelly and Ryan, or Good Morning America? Did you know Strahan and Ripa had such a falin gout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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