Michael Strahan Reveals the Real Reason Why His Daughters Are Going to the Super Bowl

Michael Strahan is ready to enjoy the 2025 Super Bowl with his family.

While the former professional football player, 53, has to keep his predictions close to his chest, he did share his twin daughters' interest in Sunday's big game. While speaking to media, including PEOPLE, during Super Bowl week press conferences, Strahan revealed that the twins, Isabella and Sophia, are "kind of into football, but not."

"They're coming to hang out for the free dinners and stuff [that] I'm going to pay for and a few of the parties," he says. "They'll go to the game and whoever wins, they'll be happy."

"I'm just happy that they're here. We're gonna have some fun, hanging out with the family and enjoy the festivity," he adds.

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While he is known by his fans as an all-star NFL player and a television personality, his most important role is being a father. Strahan shares his two older children, Tanita and Michael Jr., with his ex-wife, Wanda Hutchins, and twins Isabella and Sophia with his wife, Jean Muggli.

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The dad of four has proudly talked about how much he loves fatherhood. In 2016, Strahan told PEOPLE how he makes his blended family work. "My kids give me strength," he said. "I love being with the kids. To me, it's all about family, now more than anything."

Strahan recently opened up to PEOPLE about how he navigated through his daughter Isabella’s recent hardships. The father of four said he kept looking "to find the silver lining somewhere," noting that there had to be "some light at the end of the tunnel.”

After going through multiple rounds of radiation, grueling chemotherapy and several surgeries, Isabella is now cancer-free. The Hall of Famer said his daughter is "a lot stronger than I am," as she battled medulloblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

“She was thin and tired and bald and all the things you hate to see your kid go through,” Strahan said, before adding, “Her spirit was there. One of the things she said, probably the hardest thing I had to hear was, 'Dad I’ll do whatever. I want to live.’”

“I knew she wouldn’t quit,” the Good Morning America co-anchor told PEOPLE. “She was going to fight — and she did.”

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