MICHAEL Strahan’s daughter Isabella has transparently recounted what she’s been going through lately on YouTube.

In Isabella’s very first YouTube vlog, тιтled How It Started, the young adult talked to her supporters about battling a brain tumor.

The University of Southern California student, 19, confessed that she wanted to give fans a walkthrough of what had been happening with her as of late.

Shared in Isabella’s video was that she was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma shortly after she began her freshman year at USC in the fall of 2023.

Medulloblastoma is a cancerous brain tumor that typically occurs in children, but can develop at any age.

The aspiring model delved into how her health issues are impacting her idenтιтy and life.

What is medulloblastoma?

On January 11, 2024, Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella appeared on Good Morning America and revealed that she is battling medulloblastoma.

Medulloblastoma is a cancerous brain tumor found in the lower back part of the brain, known as the cerebellum. It is the second most common brain tumor in children, however, it can develop at any age.

The condition starts with a growth of cells, known as a tumor, and can quickly expand to other parts of the brain. The cells spread through the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord but do not usually spread to other parts of the body, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Signs and symptoms of medulloblastoma, which can be diagnosed through a neurological exam or image testing, include:

• Dizziness
• Double vision
• Nausea
• Headaches
• Vomiting

Medulloblastoma can be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and in some cases, clinical trials. The National Cancer Insтιтute reports a 5-year survival rate of 72.1%.

Isabella admitted that she couldn’t celebrate the Sephora ad she did in May 2023 like she typically does when the ads she stars in are published because of her diagnosis.

Normally she would go to the nearest store to take a selfie in front of her ad, but she hasn’t because she doesn’t “really feel like herself” right now.

On top of that, the social media influencer also doesn’t feel “like the person in the ad.”

Isabella didn’t sugarcoat her struggles in the least.

“These past two months [have been] rough [and] challenging. It’s been very hard,” Isabella said.

Despite this difficult time, Isabella is looking on the bright side.

“I know I’ll get through it. And I know time will heal,” she positively professed.

Isabella was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in late October and had emergency surgery to remove a golfball-sized mᴀss in her brain.

‘I DON’T WANT TO HIDE ANYMORE’

She and her father, GMA star Michael, 52, sat down for a tearful interview on the morning show with his co-anchor, Robin Roberts, 63.

Isabella burst out crying as she talked about how rare her condition is.

Michael immediately handed her a tissue and put a supportive hand on her leg as she sobbed, “I told myself I wasn’t going to cry!”

Her NFL star parent said soothingly, “It happens. You’re allowed to cry,” and Robin added, “Take your time.”

Isabella wiped away tears as she went on, “It’s been like, two months of keeping it quiet, which is definitely difficult.

“I don’t wanna hide it anymore ’cause it’s hard to always keep in. I hope to just kind of be a voice, and be [someone] who people, maybe [those who] are going through chemotherapy or radiation can look at.”

‘FAST GROWING TUMOR’

Michael took a weeks-long break from hosting GMA at the time, citing “personal family matters.”

“I didn’t notice anything was off till probably like October 1,” Isabella said.

“That’s when I definitely noticed headaches, nausea, couldn’t walk straight.”

The student – whose mother is Michael’s ex-wife Jean Muggli – initially thought she had vertigo but on October 25 she threw up blood.

“I woke up, probably at like, 1pm. I dreaded waking up. But I was throwing up blood,” she recalled.

“I was like, ‘Hm, this probably isn’t good.’ So I texted [my sister], who then notified the whole family.”

“That was when we decided, ‘You need to really go get a thorough checkup,’” Michael said.

“And thank goodness for the doctor. I feel like this doctor saved her life because she was thorough enough to say, ‘Let’s do the full checkup.’”

Doctors found a fast-growing 4-centimeter tumor, larger than a golf ball, in the back of Isabella’s brain after doing an MRI.

Isabella underwent emergency surgery at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles to remove the mᴀss on October 27 – the day before her 19th birthday.

STRAIGHT TO SURGERY

She said her recollection of her recovery is foggy, and she had to learn how to walk again with the help of her twin sister Sophia.

Michael said he learned the news before Isabella did and “it didn’t feel real.”

“I don’t really remember much,” he said.

“I just remember trying to figure out how to get to LA ASAP. And it just doesn’t feel real. It just didn’t feel real.”

Isabella had a month of rehabilitation and several rounds of radiation treatment after surgery.