HEARTBREAKING: GMA Host Michael Strahan Returns Home to Find Family has Lost a Member – A Huge Sh0ck that left fans Stunned.
Michael Strahan’s revealing a long-kept family secret.
The “Good Morning America” anchor, 53, who grew up with his parents Gene and Louise Strahan and five siblings, had a pet pig as a child — whose fate he found out about only a few years ago.
“I went to shoot with his parents before his father di3d because I wanted … to give him time with his parents, as one of [six] children where they just talked about him,” his former “GMA” co-anchor Sara Haines said during “The Weekend View” on Saturday about the sit-down.
Michael Strahan (far right) with his parents.Getty Images
Strahan’s parents, Louise and Gene.Houston Chronicle via Getty Imag
During that TV segment, the journalist, 47, learned what happened to Strahan’s pet: “They shared with me that they ate the pig.”
“I come back and I’m giving Michael a hard time, as one would, and I joked about the pig,” Haines recalled, not realizing that her co-worker had no clue what actually happened.
“And he’s like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He didn’t know. He didn’t know ’cause they were all young.”
Strahan confronted his mom after the fact.
Strahan and Sara Haines.ABC via Getty Images
“He was like, ‘I had no idea.’ And he called his mom,” said Haines. “And I was like, ‘I didn’t mean to betray the family trust! I just thought you told him!’”
Strahan shared the heartbreaking news that his dad passed in 2020.
At the time, his “GMA” family gave a sweet shout-out to Gene on air.
Tanita (from left), Isabella, Louise, Michael and Sophia Strahan.Variety via Getty Images
Strahan and his mom in 2019.Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
“We wanted to take a moment to say our thoughts and our prayers are with our colleague Michael Strahan and his family,” his former co-host Amy Robach said.
“His father, Gene Willie Strahan Sr., is being laid to rest today. He was born in 1937 … the first of nine children to receive a high school diploma. Enlisting in the US Army in 1955, Gene rose to become a major and serve with the 82nd Airborne Division.”
She concluded the tribute by sharing a little about his personal life, noting, “Gene married wife Louise in 1957 and they spent 63 wonderful years together bringing up six children. To Michael, Louise and the entire Strahan family, we want you to know our hearts are with you today. We love you, Michael.”
Strahan celebrated his mom on Mother’s Day.michaelstrahan/Instagram
Strahan and his mother, Louise, attend his ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Getty Images
The former athlete, meanwhile, celebrated his mom’s birthday in January.
“Happy Birthday to my favorite person …The funny, smart and witty Louise Strahan!! Mom i love you and hope you have the best day ever!” he wrote on Instagram. “I’m lucky to have you as my mom and love you endlessly! Your baby boy Michael.”
Strahan himself is dad to daughter Tanita, 33, and son Michael Jr., 31, with his first wife, Wanda Hutchins. He also has 20-year-old twin daughters, Isabella and Sophia, with his second ex-wife, Jean Muggli.
Strahan and his daughters Tanita (from left), Sophia and Isabella.michaelstrahan/Instagram
Strahan and his twin daughters.sophialstrahan/Instagram
In 2016, the television star gushed to People magazine, “My kids give me strength. I love being with the kids. To me, it’s all about family, now more than anything.”
Last year, Strahan supported Isabella as she battled medulloblastoma, an aggressive brain c@ncer.
“She wasn’t eating much,” he recalled to People in January about the model, who is now c@ncer-free. “She was thin and tired and bald and all the things you hate to see your kid go through.”
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But Strahan added that “her spirit was there.”
“One of the things she said, probably the hardest thing I had to hear was, ‘Dad I’ll do whatever. I want to live,’” he said. “I knew she wouldn’t quit. She was going to fight — and she did.”
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