Michael Strahan ‘makes shock decision to quit show’ watched by millions with Fox NFL Sunday in turmoil
Michael Strahan is a popular face on American breakfast television
MICHAEL Strahan could be about to leave a show he presents, according to a bombshell report.
The football icon, 53, is a key part of Fox NFL Sunday coverage.
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Michael Strahan is leaving Good Morning America, reports sayCredit: Getty
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The NFL icon is a regular on morning American televisionCredit: GMA
And a report claim he’s made a huge decision to leave another show which takes up more of his time.
According to NewsNation, Strahan will step down from Good Morning America later this year.
His contract to front the ABC show is up later this year.
Strahan is a regular part of the morning show alongside Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos.
NewsNation quote an insider as saying, “He will be out by this summer — he’s had enough.”
But a source told The U.S. Sun, “Several higher ups at ABC say this isn’t true.”
Another source said, “There’s no truth that I’m aware of that about this at this current juncture. That piece is strictly speculative rumor mill stuff.
“If you just read it, it just sounds like someone with a very specific point of view and a very specific desire to make things suddenly complicated for GMA.”
Strahan wants to spend more time with his family, the report adds.
He took a break from the show in October 2023 after his daughter Isabella’s health struggle.
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Isabella had a brain tumor removed and needed three surgeries.
After having the tumor initially removed, there were complications and she needed two more surgeries to resolve things.
Strahan’s fans shared their well wishes and prayers during his tough family time.
And the 53-year-old has new perspective and a change in priorities since the health scare.
He is still a key part of Fox’s NFL coverage during the fall.
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Strahan was part of the Fox NFL team that broadcast Super Bowl LIXCredit: Rex
Michael Strahan’s NFL career
Michael Strahan is one of the most recognizable faces on television.
But he came into his media career with Fox off the back of a hugely successful stint in the NFL.
Strahan spent 14 years all with the New York Giants from 1993 to 2007.
He was a seven-time Pro Bowler and helped them win the Super Bowl in 2007 – ending the New England Patriots’ hopes of a perfect season.
Strahan was also a two-time NFL sacks leader and also won Defensive Player of the Year.
The ex-Giants star set the single-season sack record with 22.5 in 2001 – a feat which was matched by J.J. Watt exactly 20 years later.
He is one of the best defensive stars to have ever played the game – finishing with 141.5 career sacks and 854 tackles.
And this year the network is coming off the back of a record-breaking Super Bowl.
More than 127 million Americans watched the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs at the Superdome in New Orleans.
But Fox is at a crossroads with two stars considering retirement.
In addition to that, Erin Andrews is out of contract and Tom Brady has been forced to deny claims he’s about to quit.
Both Terry Bradshaw, 76, and Jimmy Johnson, 81, have said in recent weeks that they are considering retirement.
“I told my wife before I left the room a while ago, I’m sitting there, I said, ‘I’ve got two years left at FOX. I’m 76′,” Bradshaw revealed before the Super Bowl.
“Okay, so it’s a young man’s game.
“I get that.’ Everybody wants the new.
“And so I said, ‘If we can get to the next Super Bowl, I’ll be 80. That’s, I think that’s time’.
“80 years old, that’s pushing it.”
