It wasn’t his first split, though.
The former football player previouslyparted ways with his first wife, Wanda Hutchins, in 1996.
She, too, gave him two children, a boy and a girl.
Both divorces were painful and messy, but things got even worse over the next few years.
It all started in 2019 when his sister, Debra Strahan, died at the age of 58.
A year later, the former NFL star lost his beloved father.
“Today is a bittersweet day for me.
Sadly, this series of unfortunate events didn’t end there.
His daughter, Isabella Strahan, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2023.
She started a career in modeling before graduating from high school and made her runway debut in 2022.
The young girl was forced to stop her studies after being diagnosed with medulloblastoma in 2023.
According to theNational Cancer Institute, medulloblastoma is a brain tumor that affects the central nervous system.
Only 72.1% of those diagnosed with this form of cancer are still alive five years later.
Isabella experienced the first symptoms at the beginning of October 2023.
A few weeks later, she woke up throwing up blood and decided to see a doctor.
Her father was the first to find out about her diagnosis, which left him in shock.
“It just didn’t feel real,” he confessed on the show.
Isabella eventually underwent surgery and radiation treatment, and her prognosis looks good.
“I realized that I need support from everybody.”
Not only did Michael Strahan embrace his vulnerability, but he also decided to help others.
Strahan also admitted that his life wouldn’t have been the same without the support of his father.
Strahan took three weeks off work in 2023 to be next to Isabella.
