Kelly Ripa, the co-host of “Live with Kelly and Michael,” received a personal apology from executives at ABC and Disney over last week’s botched announcement that co-host Michael Strahan will be leaving the program this year.
The execs also apologized to Strahan as well as agents who represent both of them, CNN Money reported.
Ripa is slated to return to the show on Tuesday, it was also announced Monday.
The executives “expressed regret for the way Kelly was told the news,” a source told CNN.
Ben Sherwood, the president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, and his team apologized to Ripa and Strahan. ABC stations president Rebecca Campbell and ABC News president James Goldston also issued apologies.
Strahan is going to move on from “Live” to “Good Morning America,” another ABC program. He already has a part-time role on “GMA.”
Another source said the team “misfired” in their handling of the situation. “We had a plan which obviously did not go as planned,” one told CNN.
