Kelly Ripa 'blindsided' by exit of 'Live' co-host Michael Strahan
Forgive us for the pun, but Michael Strahan is accepting a Giants-sized paycheck for abrogation "Live! With Kelly and Michael" for "Good Morning America."The move, though, isn't sitting able-bodied with Kelly Ripa, who was allegedly blindsided by her cohost of about four years or "Live" ambassador Michael Gelman.
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| Kelly Ripa 'blindsided' by exit of 'Live' co-host Michael Strahan |
TMZ claims the two heard it for the aboriginal time Tuesday morning, abrogation them "stunned and upset" back they were in the aphotic throughout the action and had no affairs to alter the NFL legend.
ABC reportedly already had a plan to alter Michael, but the arrangement didn't acquaint Kelly.
For the network, the move is abominably about presence. For Michael, his wallet is about to be abundant bigger. The money he'll acquire from "GMA" will be adequately agnate to if he was one of the highest-paid players in the NFL.
TMZ letters that ABC sees the "Live" abandonment as a acute business move, as it's accomplishing aggregate aural its ability to bulwark off NBC's "Today," which has been accepting immense arena on "GMA" in the ratings department.
A antecedent tells TMZ that the ABC morning appearance will be "reformatted in September" to play to Michael's strengths. However, George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts charge not fear. ABC sees them teamed with Michael as the "three musketeers."
ABC sees the above NFL stud as an "everyday man" who "GMA" just "had to have."
And, they're paying for it, too, giving the NFL Hall of Famer a affluence for his presence.
The celebrity website says Michael is getting paid "well into eight figures" for demography the full-time gig. One antecedent said the banking aspects of the accord are "life changing" for Michael, a huge account for a man who fabricated about $60 actor during his arena canicule with the New York Giants.
In fact, ABC, who is endemic by Disney, capital Michael to accompany "GMA" so abominably that Disney CEO Bob Iger alleged Michael himself to argue him.
When it comes to Michael, he could be as abundant of a abiding affair as there is. With his active presence, "Live" ranks No. 1 a allotment of ball daytime allocution shows a allotment of households.
It aswell ties for aboriginal a allotment of women amid 25 and 54.
Michael, too, has crossover appeal, because his sports ties. In fact, he is a co-host of "NFL on Fox" on Sundays, and that allotment of his portfolio will not be changing.
A chief ABC antecedent told CNN that the Strahan move was a "no-brainer," anecdotic it as a way to "strengthen the aggregation with a big star."
So far he seems to accept the abutment of his new team, too. "@michaelstrahan is the ultimate aggregation player," Stephanopoulos tweeted on Tuesday. "Couldn't be happier to accept him with us every morning on @gma."
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