As of yesterday morning Kelly Ripa officially (and finally) has a new permanent co-host for 'Live!'.

The new co-host is ex NFL star Michael Strahan who was one of 59 co-hosts who had joined Kelly over the past two years since Regis Philbin retired. Can you believe it's already been two years since he retired! Crazy right?!

Strahan has been a guest host more than 20 times, and just a few weeks ago rumors were swirling about him being the front-runner. Turns out the rumors were true. The new duo premiered their show together yesterday (Tuesday) morning, which has now been renamed 'Live! With Kelly and Michael'.

 

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