Kelly Ripa, host of "Live with Kelly and Michael", will soon be saying goodbye to her morning co-host of almost 4 years. Michael Strahan, a retired football player, first co-hosted the show with Ripa, back in 2010, when he filled in for Regis who wasn't in that day. When Regis announced his retirement, the producers of the show had to go through many guest co-hosts after narrowing it down to Strahan, who not only won them over, but the viewers as well.
The show's ratings kept rising and the chemistry between both hosts was just incredible. In 2014, Michael became a regular on ABC's Good Morning America. He would contribute to the show during the last hour, and then make his way over to host the show with Kelly. However it seems he won't be doing this for long. On April 19, Strahan announced that he would be leaving the show to join Good Morning America on a full-time basis.
Despite the drama that has been unfolding since last week (especially Kelly's non presence from the show), Michael said he has nothing but love for the show, the staff and of course, for Kelly Ripa. As his last day approaches, the Live! team has decided to dedicate the entire May 13th show to Michael and share his best moments.
A list of potential guest co-hosts has already been released. We've learned that late night host Jimmy Kimmel will be the first one, followed by "Empire's" Jussie Smollett, comedian Cedric the Entertainer and reporter David Muir. For myself, it doesn't really matter; as long as the comedy and the chemistry are there, the show will still be part of my morning ritual.
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