The insider added that the buzz at the show is that Ripa wants to be consulted on all moves at “Live” these days. “They are now calling her ‘Queen Kelly’ ” backstage, said a source to the New York Post. Click here to read more in the New York Post. Kelly Ripa — who was blindsided by an ABC move to send her former “Live” co-host Michael Strahan to “Good Morning America”— is making darn well sure she’s not left in the dark again on any further big decisions. But a spokesperson for “Live” said of Ripa’s new demand to approve everything and anything after Strahan left: “The hosts of ‘Live’ always have had major input with regard to the production of the show.

Source: Fox News June 05, 2016 12:00 UTC