Kelly Ripa Was A No-Show At ‘Live With Kelly & Michael’ This Morning, Allegedly In Protest

Yesterday morning at 10:30, ABC announced said Michael Strahan will leave his job as co-host of Live with Kelly & Michael to become a full-time host on Good Morning America. This came as a surprise to a lot of people, including, apparently, Strahan’s co-host, Kelly Ripa, who TMZ claims found out about it at the same time as the public. And Ripa is not happy.

Our ABC sources say Kelly — and virtually everyone on her show — feels Disney has screamed to the world they don’t care about ‘Live’ … their singular focus is breathing life into ‘GMA’, which has lost a big chunk of its audience over the last year.

We’re told there’s serious talk about giving ‘Live’ the boot at 9 AM and adding a third hour to GMA. It’s unclear if Disney is eyeing a time slot later in the morning for Kelly’s show. It’s pretty incredible, since ‘Live’ has been super successful on Kelly’s watch.

Ripa is so unhappy, apparently, that she was a no-show on Live today, leaving Strahan to walk out with Ana Gasteyer and make this awkward statement that Kelly is “off today.” And the awkwardness might continue, as TMZ reports that Ripa feels “disrespected and humiliated” and may be a no-show “for the foreseeable future.”

Morning television just got very interesting.

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