Michael Strahan is secretly planning to beg Kelly Ripa to take him back — after betraying her to get the gig! “Michael wishes that he’d never left ‘Live with Kelly and Michael,’ ” a network source exclusively told The National ENQUIRER. “He had the best job on TV — with his name in the show’s title! “Now, Michael is the third banana on ‘GMA,’ and the show’s new afternoon hour featuring him as the host is tanking!” The former NFL star debuted on “GMA Day” with former “The View” panelist Sara Haines on Sept. 10. “It’s been a huge ratings disappointment for the network,” dished the source. “Worse yet, viewers seem to hate Michael on it.” Read on for details of Michael’s Kelly nostalgia, and click here for more from TV insiders….
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Shockingly, fans have savaged Strahan on review blogs. “There are more qualified people that deserve the anchor spot that is filled by Michael Strahan,” wrote one fan. “Really ABC? You couldn’t find anyone better?”
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Adding to Michael’s worries, the executives who lured him away from “Live” in 2016 — orchestrating the hush-hush exit that launched World War III between him and Kelly — are out of the network!
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Now, according to insiders, a frantic Strahan is convinced he has no choice but to plead with Kelly to forgive him and let him rejoin “Live” —
even though he’s been replaced by fan favorite
Ryan Seacrest — before he gets axed at “GMA.”
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Although his rep blasted that as “ridiculous,” an insider insisted Michael and his people are working out a strategy of how to approach Kelly.
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“Michael plans to pass himself off as an innocent pawn of the network execs,” the source snitched. “But it’s two years later and Kelly is still feeling sandbagged! It’s going to be a very hard sell!”
Shockingly, fans have savaged Strahan on review blogs. “There are more qualified people that deserve the anchor spot that is filled by Michael Strahan,” wrote one fan. “Really ABC? You couldn’t find anyone better?”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Adding to Michael’s worries, the executives who lured him away from “Live” in 2016 — orchestrating the hush-hush exit that launched World War III between him and Kelly — are out of the network!
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Photo credit: Getty Images
Now, according to insiders, a frantic Strahan is convinced he has no choice but to plead with Kelly to forgive him and let him rejoin “Live” —
even though he’s been replaced by fan favorite
Ryan Seacrest — before he gets axed at “GMA.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Although his rep blasted that as “ridiculous,” an insider insisted Michael and his people are working out a strategy of how to approach Kelly.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Michael plans to pass himself off as an innocent pawn of the network execs,” the source snitched. “But it’s two years later and Kelly is still feeling sandbagged! It’s going to be a very hard sell!”
