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NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Michael Strahan opened up about his April departure from Live and his relationship with former co-host Kelly Ripa saying, "At one point I think we were friends." "I don't know what happened at the end," he added. "I learned a lot from her, though."
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Strahan also said he "wasn't surprised" by Ripa's response to his departure.
"I wasn't surprised by her reaction at all, but I can't control somebody else's actions," he said. "I was there four years, and it's about more than just being in front of the camera."
In 2014 Strahan became a regular contributor to Good Morning America before being offered a full time gig there earlier this year.
"When I first got the call a few years ago, I was like, 'I don't know about that,'" he said. "But I realized, am I not doing it because I'm afraid to try or because I can't do it? It was because I was afraid to try. So then when I finally said, 'Ok, I'll give it a shot,' I found that I loved it. I found that I could do it."
Strahan, who first hosted Live with Ripa in 2010, said the hardest part of the process was being seen as the bad guy for leaving the show.
"The most disappointing thing to me was that I was painted as the bad guy, because I value the way I carry myself. I don't want people to see me as, 'Oh he just ran out, just left them there. That's just not true.'"
