Michael Strahan Announces Exciting New Venture Beyond Good Morning America

Michael Strahan, a renowned former NFL player turned news anchor and entrepreneur, will share his expertise on brand-building this October. Stepping away from the Good Morning America studios, Strahan will appear as a guest speaker at Advertising Week New York. This event promises to offer insights into his comprehensive approach to talent management, consumer brand development, and much more.

The week-long event will feature business presidents, CEOs, founders, influencers, and Hollywood stars. Strahan will be joined by his SMAC Entertainment co-founder, Constance Schwartz-Morini. SMAC is a multifaceted talent management, music, branding, and production company.

Other notable speakers at the event include Common, Drew Barrymore, and Today Show anchor Al Roker.

Recently, Strahan has been absent from the ABC show, treating his family to a vacation in the Bahamas before his teenage daughters returned to college.

His 19-year-old daughter, Isabella, announced her return to the University of Southern California on Instagram, sharing a snapshot with her mother, Jean Muggli. Isabella’s twin sister, Sophia, is also headed back to college at Duke University, with her fall semester starting on August 26.

For Michael, this time was bittersweet. Isabella had been living on the east coast for the past 10 months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly after starting college.

In January, Isabella spoke about her experience on Good Morning America, revealing that she began suffering from “excruciating headaches” early in her freshman year. By October, she was unable to walk.

Doctors diagnosed her with medulloblastoma, discovering a tumor in her brain that was “bigger than a golf ball.”

Isabella documented her journey on YouTube, describing the harsh realities of chemotherapy. She compared the pain to “having a heart attack” and shared other poignant details about her treatment.

“My eyes are strained; they hurt to look to the sides,” she explained. “My whole mouth feels like I got one giant root canal. Every single tooth just ripped out and not even surgically put back in. My jaw hurts, the bottom of my tongue hurts. It hurts when I gulp water.”

After undergoing treatment in North Carolina, Isabella was declared cancer-free in July. She shared pictures of herself ringing the bell in the hospital to mark the end of her treatment.

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