It’s been almost 10 years since Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan’s feud — and now, they’re about to be beneath the identical roof once more.
As Strahan’s “Good Morning America” strikes from its Instances Sq. studio to ABC’s Hudson Sq. facility, the place Ripa’s “Dwell with Kelly and Mark” has been filming since earlier this month, the community is reportedly bracing for a possible run-in between the previous co-hosts.
“They are going to be ft away from one another — he’ll have the ability to scent her fragrance,” an insider advised The Put up on Thursday.
“Plans are in place to get Michael and Kelly out and in with out crossing paths,” the supply added, noting that Strahan, 53, movies from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Ripa, 54, does her present from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
“The excellent news is that they each have a tendency to depart fairly rapidly after taping,” the insider continued. “Nonetheless, if their schedules overlap, ABC will want a Plan B.”
An ABC spokesperson, nevertheless, denied there was any “fact” to chatter about lingering drama, calling the ex-colleagues “consummate professionals.”
The rep famous, “Each Kelly and Michael … are excited to proceed to co-host their top-rated reveals in our new state-of-the-art studios.”
Reps for Ripa and Strahan didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s requests for remark.
The duo co-hosted “Dwell with Kelly and Michael” from 2012 to 2016 after Regis Philbin’s exit.
The retired NFL participant, nevertheless, infamously upset Ripa by abruptly leaving the present for “GMA.”
The previous cleaning soap star discovered about Strahan’s exit minutes earlier than the remainder of the world — which, he later admitted, “might have been dealt with higher.”
The pair have been already at odds previous to the bombshell, with a supply telling Web page Six on the time that the co-hosts “couldn’t stand one another, and every time they communicated off-camera, it was all the time by their reps.”
Strahan has been on “GMA” ever since, whereas Ripa co-hosted with Ryan Seacrest for six years earlier than her husband, Mark Consuelos, joined her in 2023.
Ripa and Strahan aren’t the one ones affected by the transfer, with The Put up reporting that the “View” co-hosts will not be joyful about sharing a studio and dressing room with the “Tamron Corridor Present.”
An ABC supply hit again at that assertion, too, insisting, “There are many desks and area to accommodate everybody” within the “beautiful” constructing.
Nevertheless, The Put up heard in any other case from a supply who alleged, “There will not be lots of desks. Individuals simply get drawers, and they’re assigned lockers. The brand new workplace may be very fundamental. There isn’t sufficient area or places of work. There are not any government suites, simply regular-sized places of work.”
