Michael Strahan reportedly welcomed a baby girl in secret after 10 years with Kayla Quick
He’s been dating her since 2015, and most people couldn’t pick her out of a lineup. Kayla Quick, born October 17, 1989, in Port Charlotte, Florida, is a wellness entrepreneur about 20 years younger than Strahan, 54. Later, she studied at two culinary/nutrition schools in NYC, the International Culinary Center and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and took an executive education course in angel investing at Columbia Business School in 2023. Quick was cited for disorderly conduct at age 14 in her hometown of Port Charlotte, according to reports. Then in May 2005, at 18, she was arrested for grand theft after she and her then-boyfriend allegedly broke into her grandmother’s home and took roughly $6,000 worth of jewelry, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff’s arrest report. That engagement ended in April 2016 in a messy split reportedly over Murphy refusing to sign a prenup. Strahan and Quick are reported to have started dating in 2015, meaning their relationship appears to have begun before or right around the tail end of the Murphy engagement. 2016 — First public sighting: the couple backstage at Kinky Boots on Broadway. 2023 (January) — Quick joins Strahan at his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony, one of their most public appearances to date. 2023 (September) — Quick appears in a Strahan family Instagram carousel, posing with him and all four of his older kids in matching pajamas for a pediatric cancer awareness post.
She also goes by “Kayla Lyn” professionally. Quick co-founded FIZZNESS, a “beauty-based wellness brand” that sells powdered energy-and-antioxidant drinks, with a friend from culinary school named Jamie Giardino. Michael Strahan just made headlines for reportedly welcoming his fifth child, a baby girl with longtime girlfriend Kayla Quick. So who is she, and how did this decade-long relationship actually unfold? Here’s everything you need to know. Her dad, Gerald, served in the Army; her mom is Mary Kay. She got her Bachelor’s in Business Administration (mass communication and media studies) from the University of Tampa. Before wellness, she worked in real estate sales and development, and before that, as a wardrobe consultant and personal stylist. She’s described the company as something they built after both exiting previous careers and wanting to pursue their passions. She’s also an angel investor in two other wellness brands, GORGIE and Poppy Seed Health. She doesn’t run her own social media. The only place she shows up online is occasionally on FIZZNESS’s Instagram page. That’s basically the whole strategy behind how she’s stayed out of the spotlight for ten years next to one of the most recognizable faces on morning TV. This resurfaced online the moment the baby news broke. The charges were reportedly dropped, though why was never made public, meaning it never resulted in a conviction. Strahan’s relationship history before Kayla: two marriages (more on those below) and then a five-year engagement to Nicole Murphy, Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife. Neither Strahan nor Quick has ever explained how or when they actually met or connected. That detail has simply never been made public, decade in. Around the same time, Quick’s teenage arrest record surfaces in tabloids for the first time.
2023 (Bensinger interview) — Talking marriage, Strahan says: “I know I’ve had a few failures, and I say you learn from your failures, right?… 2024 — A busier year for sightings: Quick attends a Seahawks-Giants game at MetLife Stadium with Strahan and daughter Isabella; the couple visits Duke University with daughter Sophia; daughter Isabella posts a photo of Quick at an Alo Yoga holiday party, highlighting how close she’s become with the twins. Summer 2026 — Split rumors start circulating. 5. The other four: Tanita , 34, and Michael Jr. , 31 — from his first marriage to Wanda Hutchins (1992–1996). Both were born in Germany; Tanita made Strahan a grandfather in 2024 with their son, Onyx. Isabella and Sophia , 21 — twins from his second marriage to Jean Muggli (1999–2006). Isabella battled and beat brain cancer (medulloblastoma) starting in 2023, now in remission.
Kayla Quick has spent a decade being the most private person attached to one of the most public men on TV, no confirmed meet-cute story, almost no photos, no social media of her own. Now she’s reportedly a mother to Strahan’s fifth child, amid breakup rumors that nobody’s confirmed or denied. Until Strahan says something directly, everything about the current chapter stays labeled: reported, not confirmed.
July 2026 — Strahan attends Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, which reignites “will he propose to Kayla?” chatter. August 27, 2026 — TMZ reports, via unnamed sources, that Strahan and Quick “became parents together in 2026,” welcoming a baby girl earlier this year, his fifth child overall, his first with Quick. Never say never. I’m not so bitter to say, ‘Oh, I got divorced and stay away from marriage. I’m not that guy. Translation: a third marriage isn’t off the table. No engagement follows. Sourcing and cause are unclear, nothing official from either side. This directly contradicts, or at least complicates, the split rumors from the same season. Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Strahan has not commented. This would be baby No. That marriage ended in a duel, denied abuse allegations, and one of the priciest divorce settlements in sports history at the time. Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.