Kelly Ripa plans return to talk show on Tuesday
LOS ANGELES — Kelly Ripa is returning to her daytime talk show, ending an absence that followed word her co-host, Michael Strahan, will join “Good Morning America.”
Ripa will be back Tuesday on “Live With Kelly and Michael,” she said in an e-mail to the show’s staff that was obtained by The Associated Press.
“I wanted to thank you all for giving me the time to process this new information,” Ripa wrote. “Your kindness, support, and love has overwhelmed me. We are a family and I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday morning.”
Tuesday’s show will be the first time Ripa and Strahan are reunited on camera since last week’s announcement that the former football star will leave in September to work full time on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
He’s worked a couple of days a week at “GMA” for the past two years, but he always has to leave midway through to head to the “Live with Kelly and Michael” studio.
Ripa’s unexplained absence came amid published reports that she felt blindsided and angered by Strahan’s departure to join “Good Morning America.” She has not commented publicly.
