First things first: Michael Strahan, the most highly charged Giants media magnet during his playing days, never, ever conducted an interview seated next to a rap star, the way Odell Beckham Jr. did with Lil Wayne.
“Because I’m not cool enough to hang with Lil Wayne,’’ Strahan said Wednesday. “I’m not that cool, man. Lil Wayne would have lost his cool before he’d hang out with me. They would have taken the ‘Lil’ off his name and just called him Wayne if he’d have hung out with me.’’
Strahan punctuated his self-deprecation with that famous laugh, the one he unleashes regularly as an analyst on “Fox NFL Sunday,’’ “Thursday Night Football Pregame Show,’’ ABC’s “Good Morning America’’ and ABC’s “The $100,000 Pyramid.