clearly a big misunderstanding , I know she wanted to be in the know, clearly the higher ups messed up here, and now Michael strahan is being made look like he was insensitive but I’ve been in meetings were your told do not discuss what’s going on so he was put in a rock n a hard place and he probly thought the higher ups would tell in way in advance so shame on abc.

i’m glad they worked out everything.

She makes 10 million a year for working 1 hour a day,, She needs to get over herself already. Michael was told not say anything and he followed the orders.

It will help a lot if they can squash it right away on Tuesday and both own up instead of playing it off like nothing happened. Because if they do the latter it would be a PR nightmare.

I’m sure Kelly feels better now after taking a week off, blowing off steam and being assured that Live is not going anywhere.

Kelly was suckerpunched. Whether it was by Michael or the higher ups is beside the point. She needed some time, as she says, to process.

This may end up making the Bruce Willis/Cybill Shepard relationship look benign.

Her biggest mistake was right there in her email– we are family– uh no, they are your co-workers, you are an employee–no one should mistake the work place for family- work is business, no matter how long you have been there, no matter how well like, business will always come first– look at a relative of mine who was downsized out of a job after 26 years- just came to work one day and was told he no longer had a job and escorted off the premises-no time to say farewell to co-workers, no goodbye party, no cake, no nothing–… Read more »

Kelly Ripa is a wonderful lady, I adore her so much.

Her best bet would have been to hash it out on air but the higher ups probably told her to take time off so nothing rash would be said on air… Making her look bad in the process and themselves absolved..
Who knows.. Anyhow.. AWKWARDDDD

IMO – this has “PUBLICITY STUNT ” – written all over it.

This is all on Disney. They show no respect to Kelly They should have told her earlier in the week. I feel for Michael he is caught in the middle. Hope they talk it out way before the show on Tuesday. I will be watching for sure. Will be interesting to see the interaction between them. Wish them the best.

Kelly makes more money in a year than most people make in a Lifetime. I understand she was upset but Please… BE AN ADULT instead of running off like a Spoiled little child

Kelly is, has been and always will be the reason to watch that show

I think Kelly has every right to be pissed off and the people at the top of ABC/Disney are like any other company trying to win the ratings game. People are cattle to them, who cares which cow gets slayed. Incredible, did they even stop to think that we might be watching that show because Michael is on there? Idiots.

I think it is all fake and set up to help the ratings of a struggling show. Yes, I am aloud my opinion.

Personally I think if GMA wanted Strahan so badly he probably had enough clout to ask that Kelly be told before it was announced. I’ll definitely be taping Tuesday’s episode — the backstage drama at that show is the most interesting thing in daytime this past week…

This seemed like a big story until Prince died. Now, I say, WHO THE HELL CARES! They are both millionaires! Life goes on for both of them and their tea toddling ways. SOMEONE will be with Strahan this week. Either way, I wouldnt tune in regardless, he is a pompous ass! If it were up to me, LIVE would reboot in the Fall with Erin Andrews and Anderson Cooper!

I think anything we see on the screen will be fake and phony—Kelly will rightfully always be pissed no matter what and who could blame her?

I do sympathize with Ripa in all this, and I feel that Strahan is the villain in the current scenario.

That being said, I suspect that Tuesday’s episode will be a chance for Ripa to show off her acting chops…

This incident makes her appear to be completely unprofessional, IMO.

ABC cares nothing for there employees! They took 2 Soaps off without notice,Endless employees there! Even relocating them! None of this was a miss understanding. He will be making more money. For someone not to show up while making that type of money?? You don’t deserve the position your in!!! Just saying.…

I mean … “really”

look at that pic above

Michael Strahan is laughing fullout joyously and enjoying his gig

Kelly Ripa… is still “posing” schmucking for the camera without PERSON’ality.. and sense of self

go figure

It is time to cancel the show. Ripa needs to grow up and act like an adult not a spoiled rich kid!

I get she’s upset. Glad she’s coming back because it does not make her look good to have staged a sick-out. Especially considering her job and salary.

I am certainly not president of the Kelly Ripa fan club. That being said, I think the woman (and the executive producer “Gelman,” who has remained very quiet about all of this) should have been informed about the move much earlier than is being reported. Only four years ago, Regis Philbin retired from the show —– basically leaving Gelman and Ripa to work to keep the show going as Regis really was its “star.” Michael is hired for the position and everything seemed to have worked out. I certainly have never read the show has suffered from poor ratings in… Read more »

I may be totally off-base by saying this, but I wouldn’t have put it past ABC to purposely hire Strahan for Live with the sole purpose of knowing they wanted to eventually cancel the show in order to lengthen GMA. So, they slowly incorporated him into the GMA fabric only to eventually move him over permanently while Live implodes.

Recommendation on replacement, either go it alone or get another Soap Alum to do the job. Cameron Mathison is great on ET, there are so many wonderful Soap Stars, you could rotate them and give them the work they deserve!

This was definitely a pass over weekend.