TV CHAT stars Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan — who just quit his gig on the “Live! With Kelly and Michael” show without telling her — have been locked in a secret bitter feud from the start.
Sources say Kelly never wanted to team with former New York Giants football star Michael, but show bigwigs insisted on hiring him to replace Regis Philbin in 2012.
“She constantly lobbied ABC and producers to get one of her buddies, Anderson Cooper or, better yet, Neil Patrick Harris, as her cohost,” a spy tells GLOBE.
“But the brass wanted either Josh Groban, Seth Meyers or Strahan. And Strahan won out.”
Meanwhile, Michael, who’s leaving “Live” to join ABC’s “Good Morning America” in September, has always thought Kelly’s a diva, insiders say.
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