Michael Strahan has confronted robust tackles on the soccer subject, early mornings on “Good Morning America,” and high-stakes moments in broadcasting. Nonetheless, nothing ready him for the jaw-dropping household secret he uncovered years later. His childhood pet pig was truly served for dinner.

The previous NFL star and TV host, who grew up between Houston, Texas, and Germany as certainly one of 5 siblings, had no concept that the pig he as soon as cared for had change into a household meal. That’s, till Michael Strahan’s former “GMA” colleague by chance let it slip.

Sara Haines, who labored alongside Strahan on “GMA,” revealed the story throughout an episode of “The Weekend View” on Might 24.

As a part of a heartwarming phase filmed earlier than the passing of Strahan’s father, Gene, in 2020, Haines sat down together with his mother and father, Gene and Louise Strahan, for an intimate interview about Michael’s childhood.

“I went to shoot together with his mother and father earlier than his father died as a result of I wished to offer him time together with his mother and father,” Haines defined. “As certainly one of 5 kids, they simply talked about him.”

However within the midst of reminiscing, a stunning confession emerged.

“They shared with me that they ate the pig,” Haines mentioned. “And [Michael] did not know. He did not know, ‘trigger they had been all younger.”

Unaware of the culinary destiny of his pet, Michael was blindsided when Haines introduced it as much as him later. “I come again and I am giving Michael a tough time, as one would, and I joked in regards to the pig,” she recalled. “And he is like, ‘What are you speaking about?'”

Realizing she had spilled a long-held household secret, Haines admitted she immediately felt responsible. “He was like, ‘I had no thought.’ And he referred to as his mother. I used to be like, ‘I did not imply to betray the household belief! I simply thought you instructed him!'”

Now a proud canine dad to pups Enzo and Zuma, whom he launched in 2023, Strahan could have traded pigs for poodles, however it’s secure to say his household historical past nonetheless has a couple of wild tales to inform.

As his previous childhood tales come to mild, Strahan is specializing in the youngsters of his personal.

The previous NFL participant and his daughter, Isabella, not too long ago opened up a few life-changing 12 months that examined their energy, deepened their bond, and in the end introduced new perspective to their lives.

In a problem of City & Nation Journal, the “Good Morning America” co-anchor seems alongside 20-year-old Isabella on the duvet, the place the father-daughter duo speaks candidly about her harrowing battle with medulloblastoma, a uncommon and aggressive type of mind most cancers.

Isabella first revealed her prognosis publicly in January. Now cancer-free, she’s utilizing her voice to lift consciousness and replicate on how the expertise has reshaped her understanding of life and resilience.

“I really feel like I am 50 years previous, with all this life expertise,” Isabella instructed the journal. “I’ve grown in so some ways. I am tremendous grateful for strolling and speaking once more. You do not take into consideration the issues you are able to do till you reside with out them.”

Medulloblastoma is a fast-growing malignant tumor that develops within the cerebellum, the a part of the mind liable for motion and coordination. It’s mostly present in kids and accounts for roughly 20% of all pediatric mind tumors, in line with information revealed within the Journal of Medical Neuroscience.

Isabella underwent remedy on the Preston Robert Tisch Mind Tumor Heart at Duke College, the place her restoration started.