PHOTOSThe War Wages On! Michael Strahan Can’t Even Remember Being Friends With Kelly Ripa After TV Feud
Sep. 21 2016, Published 4:39 p.m. ET
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Kelly Ripa has been dissing Michael Strahan since their bitter battle over his exit from Live! but now it’s the new Good Morning America anchor’s turn to spit out disses!
In an interview with People, the 44-year-old former pro NFL player spoke about his fall out with his former co-host and dished some major shade about their relationship!
"At one point I think we were friends,” he said. “I don't know what happened at the end. I learned a lot from her, though."
However, he expected Ripa, who took a vacation amid their feud, to react harshly following his April announcement. "I wasn't surprised by her reaction at all, but I can't control somebody else's actions,” he said. “I was there four years, and it's about more than just being in front of the camera."
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Strahan, who exited the show in May and started working on GMA in September, said he was upset the way it was handled, namely his image. "The most disappointing thing to me was that I was painted as the bad guy, because I value the way I carry myself," Strahan said. "I don't want people to see me as 'Oh, he just ran out, just left them there.' That's just not true."
Michael revealed that his relationship with Kelly is still strained, too. "Toward the end of it all, we didn't really communicate that much," he added. "I kinda looked at it like, 'It was what it was.’”
