Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts on Being “Afraid” to Come Out Due to Her Religion: “They Think You Can’t Be Gay and a Christian”
Robin Roberts is opening up about being “afraid” at one point to come out publicly due to her religion. The media personality admitted on a recent episode of Jamie Kern Lima’s podcast that while her Good Morning America colleagues were aware of her sexuality prior to coming out publicly in 2013, she still feared public acknowledgment […]
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Banff: Robin Roberts Touts Inclusivity at Rockie Awards Gala
Good Morning America host Robin Roberts talked up the benefits of embracing diversity in storytelling when receiving the Inclusion Award at the 2024 edition of the Banff World Media Festival on Monday night. “Immense gratitude to everyone who is involved in this dynamic, vibrant inclusive festival, where everyone is not only welcomed, but embraced,” Roberts told the Rockie […]
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Banff: Robin Roberts Talks Activism, Storytelling and Gloria Gaynor
Robin Roberts, the Good Morning America anchor, says there’s a silver lining in the current entertainment industry turmoil. “I know there’s a lot of uncertainty right now in the industry, and we’re all experiencing it. I just look at that meaning there are endless possibilities. We have endless possibilities with the production company,” Roberts said […]
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Banff Boss Brings It On
It’s perhaps fitting that as top TV creators and execs facing an industrywide contraction head to the Canadian Rockies for the 2024 Banff World Media Festival, one of the panels they will encounter is called “Moving Mountains: Canadian Producers Tackle the Rocky Landscape.” Indeed, this year’s confab, which focuses on content in the development phase, […]
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Banff Fest Sets Tribute Awards for Robin Roberts, Tom Green, Lionsgate’s Kevin Beggs
Good Morning America host Robin Roberts is set to receive the Inclusion Award at the 2024 edition of the Banff World Media Festival. Also set for tributes at next month’s Canadian Rockies event is comic and actor Tom Green, who will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award, and Kevin Beggs, chairman and chief creative […]
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Robin Roberts Reveals She Broke Her Wrist Playing Tennis After ‘Good Morning America’ Absence
Robin Roberts fractured her wrist while playing tennis, the Good Morning America host revealed on Tuesday’s edition of the ABC morning show. “I took a tumble on the tennis court and fractured my wrist,” Roberts said in a backstage video posted to social media Tuesday morning. She had been off of GMA on Monday, with […]
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Regina King Opens Up About Son’s Death: “He Didn’t Want to Be Here”
Regina King is opening up about the death of her son Ian Alexander Jr. by suicide more than two years ago. Speaking with Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts in an interview that aired on Thursday, King opened up about both Alexander Jr.’s “choice” to die and the “journey” she’s experienced as she grieves her only […]
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NAACP Image Awards: Jennifer Hudson, Trevor Noah, Viola Davis Among Night Two’s Non-Televised Winners
Jennifer Hudson, Trevor Noah and Viola Davis are among the winners from the second night of the NAACP Image Awards‘ non-televised ceremonies. Hudson won for hosting her eponymous daytime talk show, while the Noah-hosted Daily Show won best variety or game show series or special and Davis, just a little over two weeks after achieving […]
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Robin Roberts Announces She’s Marrying Longtime Partner
Robin Roberts announced that wedding bells are in store for her and her partner this year. During a segment on Monday’s Good Morning America with author Gabby Bernstein about her book Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, they discussed the concept of “saying yes.” When Bernstein asked Roberts what she’s […]
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Robin Roberts Nearly Turned Down an Interview With President Obama in 2012 Amid Fears of Being Outed
Robin Roberts says she nearly turned down the chance to interview then-President Barack Obama in 2012 about marriage equality amid fears she would be outed. Roberts says on Monday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show that in 2012 — the year before she came out publicly — she got a call to go to the White House […]
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ABC News Plans Primetime Special Tied to COVID Anniversary (Exclusive)
ABC News is planning a primetime special tied to the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. The special, 24 Months That Changed the World, will air on ABC as a special edition of 20/20 on Wednesday March 30 at 10 PM. It will stream on Hulu the following day. Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts […]
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Dany Garcia, Lindsey Vonn, Robin Roberts Join IMG Academy’s Women In Sports Committee
Endeavor’s IMG Academy has created a Women in Sports Committee to improve accessibility and participation of young women in sports. The IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida has named as inaugural members for the initiaqtive Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks co-founder Dany Garcia, retired pro skier Lindsey Vonn and ABC’s Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts. The […]
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