Kelly and Michael Skip Daytime Emmys, Win 'Outstanding Talk Show Host' Amid Tension

The duo skipped the Daytime Emmys but still took home a big prize.

Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan were no-shows at the Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday despite winning the award for Outstanding Talk Show Host.

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“I didn't realize we had even won an Emmy until I started getting text messages...from all of my friends,” Ripa said on Monday's Live! with Kelly and Michael.

Strahan thanked the show’s staff for their hard work, saying: “It’s about a team and that’s what we have here.”

The award came just days after on-air tension between the hosts hit fever pitch.

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On Friday’s show, Ripa took an apparent dig at Strahan’s failed marriages, leaving the former New York Giant dumbfounded.

Strahan is set to leave Live! on May 13 to join Good Morning America.

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