Sara Haines reveals SHOCKING breakdown behind the scenes of ‘GMA3’—why working with Michael Strahan and Keke Palmer left her in TEARS and desperate to escape

In a confession that has blindsided fans, Sara Haines opened up about her emotional unraveling during her time on GMA3 with Michael Strahan and Keke Palmer. She admitted she “cried every day” and “couldn’t wait to leave” the set—leaving viewers stunned. What happened off-camera that pushed her to the edge? Were tensions brewing behind the smiles and staged banter? And why is she speaking out now, years later?

Dive into the raw truth behind her daytime TV nightmare—read the full story here.

Sara Haines is looking back on a “failed” experience in her career.

The TV host, 47, recently appeared on Danielle Robay’s “Question Everything” podcast and opened up about hosting “GMA3” with Michael Strahan and Keke Palmer from 2019 until the program was canceled in 2020.

Haines recalled that she was treated differently on the show when she returned to work after her son Caleb’s birth.

Sara Haines on ABC's "GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke" in October 2019
Sara Haines on ABC’s “GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke” in October 2019.ABC
“I do not at all feel any bad feelings toward the many women, but it was mostly a female staff, and they were young and they weren’t at that point in their lives yet,” she explained. “So, I don’t think they understand how that was received as they pitched it that way. I could still jump out of planes. Now, they were like, ‘Oh we can’t have a mom.’ Well guess what, moms do a lot of stuff.

“I hadn’t changed. Everyone else projected a change,” Haines continued, adding that she “cried every day” on the show.

Michael Strahan, Keke Palmer and Sara Haines hosting "GMA3" in Oct. 2019
Michael Strahan (from left), Keke Palmer and Haines hosting “GMA3” with guest Jimmy Fallon in October 2019.ABC

Michael Strahan, Keke Palmer and Sara Haines with James Charles on "GMA3"
Strahan (from left), Palmer, guest James Charles and Haines on “GMA3.”ABC
“Funny enough, there were a lot of great moments,” she explained. “The staff was amazing. I loved Keke and Michael, talk about laughing until you hurt. It wasn’t anyone’s fault, that’s the problem. As it played out, it felt like I was being dragged behind a car. For the first time, I couldn’t wait to leave.”

Haines added: “I was one of those moms who felt better going to work. Now, work was not a safe haven. Even though I felt like I klutzed around as a mom, I would rather do that with all my heart than what was happening at work. I just couldn’t do it. That was a really low point.”

Sara Haines on "The View"
Haines on “The View.”YouTube / The View
After leaving “The View” in 2018, Haines began hosting the third hour of “Good Morning America” with Strahan, 53. The program, initially titled “GMA Day,” was renamed “Strahan & Sara” and then “Strahan, Sara & Keke” with Palmer’s inclusion in 2019.

“Strahan, Sara & Keke” was canceled in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Haines was rehired by “The View” later that year.

Sara Haines, Michael Strahan and Keke Palmer on "The View" in Sept. 2019
Haines (from left), Strahan and Palmer on “The View” in September 2019.American Broadcasting Companies,
“I think the problem was it was a failed experiment from the beginning,” Haines said about the trio’s show.

“You can’t put a ‘Kelly and Michael’ show at that hour,” she explained. “They needed to keep it branded [to ‘GMA’] to make it that. If it was going to be a standalone, it couldn’t be a replication. I wasn’t the only one thinking it was like a ‘Michael and Kelly.’ I’m sure Michael was thinking that.”

Michael Strahan, Sara Haines attend CC Sabathia Celebrity Softball Game at Yankee Stadium in May 2019
Strahan and Haines attend CC Sabathia Celebrity Softball Game at Yankee Stadium in May 2019.Getty Images
Haines also said that the “pressure” of being on “GMA3” with Strahan and Palmer, 31, “took me back to a really dark place.”

Last year, she admitted that she was “depressed” and “wrecked” when “Strahan, Sara & Keke” got canceled.

Michael Strahan, Keke Palmer and Sara Haines with Jimmy Fallon on "GMA3"
Strahan (from left), Palmer and Haines with Fallon on “GMA3.”ABC

"The View" co-hosts Ana Navarro, Sara Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin with guest Ellen Pompeo
“The View” co-hosts Ana Navarro (from left), Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, guest Ellen Pompeo, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin.ABC via Getty Images
“The show didn’t really have a chance out of the gates. We fumbled, all of us, through the whole thing,” she shared on “The View” executive producer Brian Teta’s “Behind the Table” podcast.

“I was in mourning,” she explained. “It was the dream I’d always had. Out of the gates, it almost never was that, but I was so determined not to fail and not to let go, that I was being dragged behind a car, metaphorically.”

Haines currently co-hosts “The View” alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin.

“GMA3,” meanwhile, is now titled “GMA3: What You Need to Know” and is anchored by DeMarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim.