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Michael Strahan has faced tough tackles on the football field, but nothing quite prepared him for what his own family would take him through.
The former NFL star and TV host, who grew up between Houston, Texas, and Germany as one of five siblings, had a pet pig when he was younger.
He had no earthly idea that the pig he once cared for had become a family meal. Strahan didn’t know until he was an adult that his parents cooked and ate his childhood pet pig.
His parents, Gene Strahan and Louise Strahan, opened up to Michael’s former GMA co-anchor, Sara Haines, in a special interview segment before Gene’s death in 2020.
During that TV segment, the journalist 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.”
That would lead to Michael Strahan confronting his mother.
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“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.
These days, the Strahan family sticks to dogs. Strahan is a father to pups Enzo and Zuma, introducing Zuma in 2023.
Fox NFL analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan wants a piece of the Giants.
Strahan spent his entire NFL career with Big Blue and is reportedly preparing a bid to acquire the ten percent minority ownership stake the team put up for sale earlier this year, according to a report by Sportico.
Sportico reported that Strahan has teamed up with billionaire Marc Lasry to explore a bid.
According to Sportico’s valuation, the Giants are worth approximately $7.5 billion.
