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LEEZA: YOU KNOW, IT WAS CLEARLY
EMOTIONAL WHIPLASH WITHOUT A
DOUBT, RIGHT?
TO GET THAT NEWS, TO BE PART OF
A TEAM.
THEY COME OUT HOLDING HANDS
EVERY DAY, RIGHT?
SO WE ARE ALL LIKE THIS IS THE
COUPLE THAT NOW WE ARE HERRING
IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WHAT WE
THOUGHT AND I THINK EVERYBODY
HERE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT DOES
FEEL LIKE A BETRAYAL AND
DISHONOR AND DISRESPECT AND FOR
WHATEVER REASON THE EXIST WERE
NOT ABLE TO SHOW HER HOW MUCH
THEY VALUE AND APPRECIATE HER.
FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
BUT I HAD INFORMATION, JULIE,
WHEN I WAS DOING MY TALK SHOW
WITH JOHN TESH, THE EXECUTIVES
CAME TO ME AND SAID THEY WERE
MAKING A CHANGE AND JOHN WAS
GOING TO LEAVE THE SHOW AND
THEY WANTED ME TO DO THE SHOW
ON MY OWN AND I SAID WHEN DO WE
TELL HIM?
SO I UNDERSTAND HOW MICHAEL
FEELS, TOO.
I THINK HE IS A SPORTS GUY.
HE WAS DRAFTED.
THEY SAID DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
HE IS OK.
WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE.
IT'S THE BEST FOR HIM AND IT'S
WHAT HE WANTS TO.
AND TO THIS DAY, AND THAT'S
BEEN A LONG TIME AGO AND I
STILL THINK BACK TO THAT MOMENT
AND WAS I NOT LOYAL TO OUR
FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE I WAS TRYING
TO BE LOYAL TO THOSE WHO WRITE
MY PAYCHECK BUT I DO THINK THAT
THEY CAME TO MICHAEL, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD.
HE WAS DRAFTED AND THEY WANTED
HIM TO DO THIS JOB.
AISHA: HERE'S WHAT I THINK.
THERE WERE RUMBLINGS WHEN "GOOD
MORNING AMERICA" SAID WOULD YOU
APPEAR ON OUR SHOW TWICE A
WEEK?
JULIE: I HEARD BACK THEN KELLY
WAS UPSET BECAUSE THEY ALSO DID
THE SAME THING.
DRAFT ISED HIM TO COME TWICE A
WEEK AND SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT
MINUTES BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCED
IT TO THE WORLD AND SHE FELT
LIKE WE FINALLY FOUND PERFECT
PERSON TO SIT NEXT TO ME AND
NOW YOU'RE ASKING HIM TO WAKE
UP SUPER EARLY TWO TIMES A WEEK
TO GO DO THIS JOB AND I THINK
SHE FELT BLIND-SIDED WITH THAT
AND NOW THIS JUST FEELS LIKE --
SARA: HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN
LIKE IN A WORK SITUATION WHERE
YOU WERE THE LAST TO FIND OUT
AND YOU THINK, WHY DIDN'T THEY
THINK I COULD HANDLE THAT?
AND YOU FEEL A BIT HANDLED.
I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S A
STORY AND TWO SIDES TO IT, BUT
I KNOW WHEN I'VE BEEN IN THAT
SITUATION, I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE
DIDN'T GIVE ME THE CREDIT TO
KNOW I COULD HANDLE THE
INFORMATION.