The devil hard at work!  ABC was never really good at maintaining control of their shows!  

Good he's gone the sooner the better IMO.

Also I see it as Kelly's show even though he's in the title. He's expendable she's not.

Priceless.

 

Michael Strahan tells Kelly Ripa "If you need me, I'm coming back to help out" and Ripa can't even handle ithttps://t.co/tTLtlIrK92

— Logan Rhoades (@LoganRhoades)

April 26, 2016

.@KellyRipa #justboss You are class personified. I love your honesty and your humor and most of all ..you

— Sarah Michelle (@SarahMGellar)

April 26, 2016

God help us, but Miss Alli from TWOP is right:

 

She is an asset to the bottom line of a giant company, and her mild protest seems to have been at least in part an effort to communicate a pretty simple concept: You can't do that to me. Yes, she also seems to have been unhappy, based on all the published reports, about the possibility that Live was being thrown under the bus, as it were, in favor of Good Morning America, but some of this seems to have been about the idea that when you've been with a company for 26 years, essentially all of your adult life, and when you've made them a lot of money and helped keep what was, of course, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee from dying upon its first departure, perhaps they could show you a little respect. Perhaps they could, yes, treat you like a star to whom accommodations have to be made. Because that happens in show business, quite a lot. If not to Kelly Ripa, then who?

 

Ripa did several things on Tuesday's show once she took the stage. First, she made it clear that she had agreed to some restrictions on what she would say and that she had negotiated some terms with her bosses — she said, "I'm pretty sure there are trained snipers with tranquilizer darts in case I drift too far 'off message.' " That both confirms that she's on board to get this all over with and makes sure you understand that she's not sharing her unfiltered opinion; there's more to her feelings than this, but this is what they've agreed upon. Second, she made no apologies for taking time away: "I needed a couple of days to gather my thoughts," she said. "After 26 years with this company, I earned the right." Third, she reaffirmed that this was not about feeling like she doesn't make enough money; it was about how people are treated. She told the audience that she was glad the whole situation had "started a much greater conversation about communication and consideration and, most importantly, respect in the workplace." Fourth, she publicly put ABC on the hook for what it had promised: "Our parent company has assured me that Live is a priority." And fifth, she disclaimed any antipathy toward Strahan or his success: "I am thrilled for Michael. [turning to him] I am thrilled for you."

 

And then she dropped the line about her dad the bus driver, because, yes, this all sounds utterly ridiculous when you think about it for very long and try to envision what it would be like to be Kelly Ripa and feel aggrieved.

 

Still, working alongside Kelly Ripa are producers and editors and bookers and all kinds of people who have nowhere near the power she has. There are people who do hair and people who clean and people who organize, and none of them have the ability Ripa has to figuratively cross her arms, look executives in the eye and say, "Excuse me?" And that's not even counting the people who merely watch the show and don't have that power. If she doesn't exercise it, isn't there a risk of them all learning that even Kelly Ripa doesn't get any respect, so what can you expect to demand from your job?

 

In fact, not all that many women in television have that kind of power. What Ripa did here was a pure show of force, no matter what anyone thinks of the circumstances in which she chose to do it. She stepped back, she made it clear she felt disrespected, and she forced an apology that ultimately demonstrated that whether they thought they'd handled it badly or not, she had the power to make them make a move, to make them officially apologize whether they meant it or not, and to let her say on air that this was about "communication, consideration, and respect in the workplace." She made her point. She didn't set her career on fire over it, and she appears prepared to go on graciously through what's sure to be a pain-in-the-neck replacement-seeking process, but she made her point. Even if it's all just a dance, she demanded it be performed.

 

Kelly Ripa is not a victim in any sense that even she expects to mean anything to anyone who is, for instance, a former bus driver. But the nakedness of her demand for respect — the "Do you know who I am?" of it — was what made it a little bit satisfying. Everyone has had that moment where you feel like you could have been given a heads-up, could have been given advance warning, could have been consulted, could have been given a minute to think before a situation exploded. Kelly Ripa has the ability to insist upon it, and she did.

Edited April 26, 20169 yr by Vee

Watching that video again, Kelly is a [!@#$%^&*] genius and that is the best power play she could have made.

 

Also, it is clear to me she hates Michael lol as soon as she sat down she looked like she just wanted his ass to shut up. Lmao.

Such a smart power move. She talked about being allowed to be part of the conversation, about respect in the workplace, and basically made Disney look like a bunch of good ole boys making decisions in their high glass towers with another good ole boy (Strahan) with no consideration for the 'lil lady' who represents the show. She highlighted how far women still need to come in order to be taken seriously in the workplace -- while at the same time she showed the PTB that when it comes to public support, she is the one with marketable power. I was surprised at how smart she came across. She turned it all around from a few days before when the media was bitching about her being a spoiled diva and not knowing her place.

 

Having said that, I still wonder if Disney will renege and cancel the show to make way for an extra hour of GMA, just to show Ripa who is boss. 

We forget that Kelly Ripa knows what it means to do hard work that's underappreciated by the networks - she started on the soaps.

Unless Linda Holmes has changed from her TWOP recap days, her support of women tends to hinge on whether or not there's a man she finds attractive in the vicinity. 

In my defense, I did say "God help us". But IMO she's not wrong there.

Edited April 26, 20169 yr by Vee

Kelly got TIIC at Disney to apologize. I think hell froze over lol

Edited April 26, 20169 yr by dragonflies

The Talk was taking about replacements and thought Anderson Cooper would be great for the job and supposedly he could squeeze it in his schedule.

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/latest-on-kelly-and-michael-hes-leaving-early/

Im good with this. Im sure ABC is still paying him and this will give Kelly time to test the waters with potential new co-hosts

I'm good with this as well.  If Strahan had stuck around until September, then it might have made for an awkward summer.  But this decision might give everyone time to put the controversy, or whatever remains of it after today, in their metaphorical rearview mirrors.

Watching the YT clip of her return speech I immediately was reminded of the classic golden age of Kathie Lee looking into the camera hijacking the show with her own personal drama.   That above clip where he said he was willing to come back and she had this expression of "thanks but never gonna happen" said it all.   His love for her is fake, her being proud of him is fake, the standing ovation was ridiculous, and I read now he is out not in September, but May.   I don't think they can get away from each other fast enough.

Is George Stephanopolus popular with viewers of GMA? He's always annoyed me. 

In a heartbeat, I would endorse Eva La Rue as Strahan's replacement, if I thought she'd be any good at the job.  But since I don't, then nevermind.

In a heartbeat, I would endorse Eva La Rue as Strahan's replacement, if I thought she'd be any good at the job.  But since I don't, then nevermind.

I wouldn't mind Jesse tyler ferguson even though he has never done a talk show. I found him funny on The View today. I am sure the job will go to Anderson Cooper.