Kelly Ripa Reportedly Has Tantrum Over Ryan Seacrest's 'American Idol' Appearances
by EG
Apparently Kelly Ripa doesn't want her new co-host to have anything to do with Good Morning America. Page Six is reporting that Ripa was furious when she learned that Ryan Seacrest was going to do a segment on GMA to promote the upcoming reboot of American Idol. Ripa has already lost one co-host to GMA, and it appears that she doesn't want to risk losing another one. Ripa's representative denies the report of her behavior.
Via Page Six.
The curse of Michael Strahan continues to haunt Kelly Ripa.
Multiple sources revealed on “Page Six TV” Wednesday that Ripa, 47, demanded her “Live!” co-host Ryan Seacrest cancel an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” at the very last minute.
“Ryan was scheduled to be on Wednesday’s show well in advance. He’s been on the show rundown for a week. Then yesterday, or maybe even as late as last night, Kelly threw a s–t fit and told him he couldn’t do ‘GMA,’ so he pulled his appearance,” a source told us.
Seacrest, 42, was supposed to appear on the show to promote ABC’s new “American Idol” season with judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan.
Seacrest immediately pulled the plug in order to not upset Ripa — who famously had a meltdown, stormed off and took a week off when Strahan, 45, quit her show without giving her advance warning in 2016 — another source added.
“It’s very clear that Ryan wants to stay on her good side. She’s an executive producer on the show, so she has a lot of pull. It’s fair to say she has a lot of influence over him. He joined her show. It sounds like she still feels threatened,” the source said.
“There’s still bad blood with Kelly and Strahan, and she doesn’t want history to repeat itself and Ryan to be lured to ‘GMA’ too,” the first source said.
But ABC brass didn’t bat an eye over Ripa’s tantrum given that they’re indebted to her after the way they handled the Strahan situation when he fled to “GMA.”
“Kelly isn’t going to be reprimanded for this, as diva-like as it is, because it’s not worth upsetting her for a three-minute hit with Ryan on ‘GMA.’ They had the three judges, and the big star Katy Perry, anyway,” the source said.
Seacrest’s rep claimed the abrupt cancellation was due to his schedule on “Live!”
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