Michael Strahan officially joins Kelly Ripa as co-host of ‘Live!’
“Live With Kelly and [Fill In the Blank]!” continued its homage to the ’70s on Tuesday when host Kelly Ripa announced her new permanent co-host two weeks after Disney announced that she would reveal the lucky search winner Tuesday.
But because it’s not actually the ’70s but rather 2012 — the age of social media — we’ve known that Michael Strahan (the former New York Giants defensive end and current NFL commentator) had been picked as her new co-host since a few hours after Disney announced that Ripa would announce her new co-host in two weeks.
Still, Tuesday’s Time-Warp TV was very sweet.
Kelly, sensing the focus would shift to the newly named co-host as soon as she spoke his name, stalled as long as possible. She prattled on about her 59 non-winning guest hosts who have appeared on the show with her since Regis Philbin threw in the towel 10 months ago — after Disney declined to cough up the cash Rege needed to stick around the show he’d headlined in syndication for more than two decades.
“We finally have our new guy. That’s right, I said, ‘guy.’ This morning on ‘GMA,’ I wouldn’t even commit to whether it was as guy or a girl. I was so secretive!” Kelly said.
“You’re the best audience. I love you guys. I really appreciate all your input during our co-host search. . . . Stop sending me your résumés to my home address. . . . I’ve been very fortunate. . . . I’ve sat next to so many talented people. . . . I have enjoyed every single solitary person, except for, like, one. The staff is laughing because they know it’s true,” she continued in what may be her highest concentration of “I’s” per second yet.
“But now it’s time for a new era of our show to begin. . . . It gives me great pleasure to introduce the newest member of our ‘Live!’ family. We are honored to have him — Michael Strahan!”
Strahan was seen getting out of a large SUV, with its black-tinted windows, and running into the studio past a cloud of confetti and balloons. Kelly jumped into his arms, and he carried her across the goal line, while whispering things into her ear. She kissed him on the lips. The audience woo-hooed.
“We’re like that insane couple from ‘The Bachelor,’ ” Kelly said, dutifully plugging another Disney show.
“I missed you so much. I really missed you,” she told Strahan, who had guest co-hosted the show 20 times over the past two years.
“Live!,” she warned him, is “one of those places, once you walk in, you never walk out. But it’s worth it in every sense of the word. It has changed my life, when I came to the show I had a 3-year-old little boy.. . .”
And, Kelly was off again, talking about Kelly.
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Former football star Michael Strahan becomes Kelly Ripa’s co-host of morning show
The only worry on Michael Strahan’s mind when he made his entrance Tuesday as the new co-host of Live!: “Don’t trip,” he summed up after the show.
He didn’t.
When Kelly Ripa introduced him, the gap-toothed former football player jogged onto the morning show set and gathered her up in a bear hug, lifting her off her feet.
“When I was hugging Kelly, that’s when I was calming down,” Strahan explained.
The rest of the hour was clearly a snap for him and for Ripa, who was getting a permanent partner nine months after Regis Philbin retired from the show and after having welcomed Strahan and 58 other guests (including Calgary-born and New York based news anchor Pat Kiernan) in the chair beside her.
Taking his seat on Tuesday, the former New York Giant joked that it felt “comfy, like it was moulded for my body.”
Strahan was relaxed, amiable and playful, and drew “ahhhs” from women in the studio audience when he presented Ripa with a dozen red roses.
“It’s so nice to have a co-host literally sweep you off your feet,” Ripa told viewers, “and I know that he can bench press me if he wanted to.”
Maybe his arrival was fulfilling a prophecy. Ripa played a clip of Strahan’s first appearance on the show in 2008, shortly after the Giants had won the Super Bowl. Philbin asked Strahan what he would want to do after retiring from football, and Strahan said that Philbin’s job looked pretty good.
“I was joking,” Strahan said on Tuesday, “and I’m glad the joke came true.”
Strahan’s hiring has been an open secret for the past two weeks. His selection was made official a couple of minutes into what, since November, had gone by the stripped-down title Live! With Kelly and now rechristened Live! With Kelly and Michael.
Or rather, live! with kelly and michael. Eyeing the brand-new all-lowercase logo during a commercial break, the co-hosts pondered whether the first letters of their names would look better capitalized.
During their breezy first “host chat,” Strahan amusedly shared from a list of obnoxious pet names for women (“babe” and “sweet cheeks” among them). The pair discussed parenting policies, in particular how much money the Tooth Fairy should award for a lost tooth.
Homeland star Claire Danes was the first guest, followed by singer Phillip Phillips.
Then Olympic gold-medal gymnasts Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber each teamed with one of the co-hosts in a challenge on balance beams. Strahan was totally game for the stunt, which called for carrying eggs balanced on a spoon. (The two teams tied with 13 eggs apiece.)
After the broadcast, Strahan downplayed any suggestion the show would be changing much.
“I think you have two people who can laugh at themselves, who can laugh at each other, who have a good time, who get along — and make sure that anyone who watches the show enjoys it,” Strahan said. “I think it’s the same formula.”
The formula was cooked up by Philbin, the original host, nearly 30 years ago. Ripa joined him in 2001.
Executive producer Michael Gelman, who oversaw that transition from Kathie Lee Gifford to Ripa, was asked how Strahan emerged as the favourite in the current competition.
He didn’t.
When Kelly Ripa introduced him, the gap-toothed former football player jogged onto the morning show set and gathered her up in a bear hug, lifting her off her feet.
“When I was hugging Kelly, that’s when I was calming down,” Strahan explained.
The rest of the hour was clearly a snap for him and for Ripa, who was getting a permanent partner nine months after Regis Philbin retired from the show and after having welcomed Strahan and 58 other guests (including Calgary-born and New York based news anchor Pat Kiernan) in the chair beside her.
Taking his seat on Tuesday, the former New York Giant joked that it felt “comfy, like it was moulded for my body.”
Strahan was relaxed, amiable and playful, and drew “ahhhs” from women in the studio audience when he presented Ripa with a dozen red roses.
“It’s so nice to have a co-host literally sweep you off your feet,” Ripa told viewers, “and I know that he can bench press me if he wanted to.”
Maybe his arrival was fulfilling a prophecy. Ripa played a clip of Strahan’s first appearance on the show in 2008, shortly after the Giants had won the Super Bowl. Philbin asked Strahan what he would want to do after retiring from football, and Strahan said that Philbin’s job looked pretty good.
“I was joking,” Strahan said on Tuesday, “and I’m glad the joke came true.”
Strahan’s hiring has been an open secret for the past two weeks. His selection was made official a couple of minutes into what, since November, had gone by the stripped-down title Live! With Kelly and now rechristened Live! With Kelly and Michael.
Or rather, live! with kelly and michael. Eyeing the brand-new all-lowercase logo during a commercial break, the co-hosts pondered whether the first letters of their names would look better capitalized.
During their breezy first “host chat,” Strahan amusedly shared from a list of obnoxious pet names for women (“babe” and “sweet cheeks” among them). The pair discussed parenting policies, in particular how much money the Tooth Fairy should award for a lost tooth.
Homeland star Claire Danes was the first guest, followed by singer Phillip Phillips.
Then Olympic gold-medal gymnasts Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber each teamed with one of the co-hosts in a challenge on balance beams. Strahan was totally game for the stunt, which called for carrying eggs balanced on a spoon. (The two teams tied with 13 eggs apiece.)
After the broadcast, Strahan downplayed any suggestion the show would be changing much.
“I think you have two people who can laugh at themselves, who can laugh at each other, who have a good time, who get along — and make sure that anyone who watches the show enjoys it,” Strahan said. “I think it’s the same formula.”
The formula was cooked up by Philbin, the original host, nearly 30 years ago. Ripa joined him in 2001.
Executive producer Michael Gelman, who oversaw that transition from Kathie Lee Gifford to Ripa, was asked how Strahan emerged as the favourite in the current competition.
“Chemistry isn’t something you can really put your finger on,” he said. “But there was something special individually with Michael, and the chemistry was there.”
Ripa, declaring that she had had “a little bit of a say” in Strahan’s selection, said, “I wear my heart on my sleeve, so it’s pretty obvious that I love him. So I was definitely on board.”
“It seems like we’ve been doing it all along,” she added.
In return, Strahan said Ripa has “done a great job for 11 or 12 years, and hopefully we’ll do it for the next 11 or 12 years.”
In the meantime, he will continue as a host of “Fox NFL Sunday,” which originates from Los Angeles, where he lives. He will commute to New York to do Live!
How will he handle that routine?
“Get on a plane,” he cracked. “Coming here during the week and doing this show, it’s fun. I don’t look at it as if it’s a chore.”
Before bringing Strahan out, Ripa joked about the lengthy search, advising people to stop sending her resumes.
“I have enjoyed every single solitary person — except for one,” she said. “The staff is laughing because they know that’s true.”
Asked afterward who that one spoilsport had been, she stated with a laugh, “I would never reveal the co-host I did not enjoy being with.”
“But I will!” Strahan jumped in.
“He figured it out,” said Ripa, offering yet more evidence of their rapport. “He watches the show and he knows my body language.”
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Ripa, declaring that she had had “a little bit of a say” in Strahan’s selection, said, “I wear my heart on my sleeve, so it’s pretty obvious that I love him. So I was definitely on board.”
“It seems like we’ve been doing it all along,” she added.
In return, Strahan said Ripa has “done a great job for 11 or 12 years, and hopefully we’ll do it for the next 11 or 12 years.”
In the meantime, he will continue as a host of “Fox NFL Sunday,” which originates from Los Angeles, where he lives. He will commute to New York to do Live!
How will he handle that routine?
“Get on a plane,” he cracked. “Coming here during the week and doing this show, it’s fun. I don’t look at it as if it’s a chore.”
Before bringing Strahan out, Ripa joked about the lengthy search, advising people to stop sending her resumes.
“I have enjoyed every single solitary person — except for one,” she said. “The staff is laughing because they know that’s true.”
Asked afterward who that one spoilsport had been, she stated with a laugh, “I would never reveal the co-host I did not enjoy being with.”
“But I will!” Strahan jumped in.
“He figured it out,” said Ripa, offering yet more evidence of their rapport. “He watches the show and he knows my body language.”
The Associated Press
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