He also said that he needed to be himself and if people are going to like him, let them like the real him. Turns out, he was right.
“At this point, I don’t think my kids would recognize me without it,” he jokes. (Strahan has four children from previous relationships: Tanita, 20, and Michael Jr., 17, with first wife Wanda Hutchins; and twins Sophia and Isabella, 8, with second wife Jean Muggli.) “They’d be like, ‘Who is this stranger in the house? Call 911!'”
He pretty much put it this way: “I made the conscious effort to say, ‘This is who I am.’