Ryan Seacrest joins Kelly Ripa on Live
Decision comes a year after Michael Strahan left as co-host
Ryan Seacrest is becoming a regular on morning television, adding his name to Kelly Ripa's on the chat show Live with Kelly.
He was announced on Monday, a year after Michael Strahan exited the show for Good Morning America.
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—@ABCThe way Strahan's departure was handled so annoyed Ripa that she skipped the show for two days in protest.
She has worked with guest co-hosts like Jerry O'Connell, Fred Savage and Andy Cohen since then, a stretch of uncertainty that led some to wonder with Ripa really wanted to go it alone.
But it's a big get: Seacrest is a major star, whose television presence had diminished since American Idol ended on Fox.
