Michael Strahan and Sunny Hostin on ‘The View’.Credit: ABC

Michael Strahan: Former football star, Good Morning America staple, and, as The View cohosts discovered, now “Big Poppa” — in more ways than one, apparently.

Following an emotional segment Friday morning about Strahan’s family crisis involving his daughter, Isabella, surviving brain cancer, the TV personality’s appearance on the talk show shifted to lighter territory when the panelists inquired about Strahan’s new status as a grandpa to his daughter Tanita’s 4-month-old baby boy, Onyx.

“So, what’s that like, and what’s Onyx going to call you?” Ana Navarro asked, to which Strahan replied: “First of all, he’s going to call me Big Poppa.”

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The studio crowd laughed as Navarro and Sunny Hostin confirmed that they liked the name. “I kind of like it, too. We’ll see when he starts talking!” Strahan said, just before his former GMA3 cohost Sara Haines quipped, “But, don’t other people call you that, too?”

Strahan shot Haines a knowing look after he picked up on the joke, while the audience chuckled alongside them.

“Easy now!” Joy Behar cautioned, while Strahan added, “This is a family show!”

Michael Strahan on ‘The View’.ABC

Strahan previously discussed becoming a grandfather during a September edition of GMA.

“I am so excited, I’m so happy. Great addition to the family,” Strahan said at the time.

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In recent months, The View has run rampant with different descriptors for parental and grandparental figures, with Haines making headlines on Jan. 22 for calling her dad “hot” four times on the air, while Behar revealed in November that she was named after “wacky” Italian grandmother who threatened to murder her own children.