Good morning, Grandpa Strahan! “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan has welcomed his first grandchild.
The former NFL star introduced Sunday that his daughter Tanita gave delivery to her first little one, a son named Onyx. Then, in an look on Monday’s episode of “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” Strahan advised the host that he met the infant in Los Angeles for the primary time.
“I went after I obtained off work at Fox (NFL Sunday) yesterday and I used to be holding him and I used to be like, ‘I’m going to spoil you and provide you with again to your mother and father,’” he advised Fallon. “But it’s probably the most unimaginable feeling as a result of I don’t really feel sufficiently old and everybody’s like, ‘What’s he going to name you?’ I don’t know. I nearly wish to do a ballot.”
Apparently “grandpa” wasn’t sufficient, and the previous defender proposed “dad” and “Gap-pa” as choices.
On Tuesday morning’s “GMA,” Strahan’s co-hosts, George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts, supplied him heartfelt congratulations.
“It’s wonderful. My daughter Tanita had slightly boy, Onyx, Sunday morning at 2:30, and I’m so excited. I’m so completely happy and, sure, an awesome addition to the household,” Strahan stated Tuesday.
Tanita, an illustrator from Los Angeles, is the eldest of Strahan’s 4 kids and has lived in Germany and Texas with Strahan’s ex-wife, Wanda Hutchins, in response to People. Tanita welcomed the infant boy together with her fiancé, Calenta, Strahan stated. The former “Live With Kelly and Michael” host can also be father to Michael Strahan Jr., 29, and twin daughters Sophia and Isabella, 19, whom he shares together with his second spouse, Jean Muggli. (The couple divorced in 2006.) Isabella made headlines earlier this yr throughout her battle with a uncommon mind tumor
Strahan, who’s making the rounds to advertise his new Prime Video docuseries “The Evolution of the Black Quarterback,” He additionally advised Fallon that Isabella is “wonderful.”
“She’s cancer-free. Yes, it has been a tricky yr, however we obtained by means of it. She’s cancer-free. She’s again in school,” he stated.
