Michael Strahan 'Not Proud' of Throwing Reporter's Phone After National Anthem Backlash

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00:00I want to address what happened this past weekend and I feel like I need to address it because it's

00:04spilled over to the point where I get out of my car today and I'm ambushed by a media outlet

00:09here at my house, which I'm not proud of the way I handled that whole situation."

00:14Make that two situations for Michael Strahan, who's facing down another controversy over the

00:20national anthem, after not holding his hand over his heart during the Veterans Day performance.

00:26I didn't have my hand over my chest. Everyone thought he's protesting. I have nothing to

00:31protest. I have no statement to be made. The only statement that should be made and that I want to

00:36make is I love the military and I will always love the military. I think I've learned not to be

00:41afraid to fail and that failure is a lesson." Mike learning plenty on Tuesday outside his home,

00:48with footage obtained by the Daily Mail showing one reporter asking about the backlash,

00:53prompting the GMA anchor to snatch and toss the journo's phone.

00:57I'm not proud of the way I handled that whole situation, but I think anybody out there can

01:01understand the things you're going to do, you're going to protect your family and you're going to

01:05protect your home, which is what I felt like I needed to do in that moment. As for his star

01:10spangled scandal, Michael saying not only was it not a protest, he was in his feels amid the

01:16patriotic display. And if you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth is that I was caught up in a

01:21moment. I'm looking at all these young sailors standing there at attention before the national

01:27anthem played. And I'm thinking to myself, how incredible my brother, my sister, my cousins,

01:32they all served in the military. I'm a military brat. And if that offended any of our military

01:38and veterans, I apologize to you because that was never my intent.