Rob Roberts is gay: Thanks longtime girliend Facebook post - Los Angel Tim

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• ‘GMA’ ANCHOR ROB ROBERTS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDG SHE’S GAY
• ROB ROBERTS RELLS G OUT FEARS, ADMTG SHE DIDN'T THK SHE 'ULD BE CHRISTIAN AND GAY'
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SHE WENT ON TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. AT AGE 29, ROBERTS BEGAN HOSTG ESPN'S SPORTSCENTER AND, NOT LONG AFTER, APPEARG AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI. IN 2005, SHE WAS HIRED AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. IN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AFTER UNRGOG CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST NCER. SHE RETURNED TO THE SHOW ON FEBARY 20, 2013. IN EARLY 2014, ROBERTS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS A GAY WOMAN.EARLY LIFEROB RENé ROBERTS WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 23, 1960, TKEGEE, ALABAMA AND GREW UP PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI. THE YOUNGT OF FOUR SIBLGS AND THE DGHTER OF A TKEGEE AIRMEN PILOT, ROBERTS SPENT HER CHILDHOOD CULTIVATG ATHLETIC AND AMIC SUCCS, GRADUATG AS HER HIGH SCHOOL'S SALUTATORIAN. HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN ROBERTS, BEME A LOL NEWS ANCHOR, AND ROB FOLLOWED HER FOOTSTEPS, EARNG A JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP AND A GREE MUNITNS OM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSY.EARLY BROADST CAREERIMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATG OM LLEGE, ROBERTS ED HER UNIQUE BATN OF ATHLETIC TALENT AND JOURNALISTIC SKILL TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. SHE PROGRSED AND SUCCEED, MOVG EVERY YEAR OR TWO TO A LARGER CY THE SOUTH — OM HATTIBURG TO BILOXI TO NASHVILLE AND THEN ATLANTA — AS HER POPULARY AND EXPERIENCE GREW.ESPN TO 'GOOD MORNG AMERI'AT AGE 29, ROBERTS WAS HIRED BY ESPN, WHERE SHE HOSTED THE WORK'S FLAGSHIP NEWS PROGRAM, SPORTSCENTER. AROUND THIS SAME TIME, SHE BEGAN MAKG APPEARANC AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, A SHOW BROADST BY ABC, A SISTER WORK OF ESPN (BOTH WORKS ARE OWNED BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY).IN 2005, AFTER YEARS OF NTRIBUTG TO BOTH ESPN AND GOOD MORNG AMERI, ABC HIRED ROBERTS AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. WHEN DIANE SAWYER, THEN AN ANCHOR ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, WAS NAMED ANCHOR OF ABC WORLD NEWS, THE WORK'S NIGHTTIME NEWS PROGRAM, ROBERTS AND {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GEE STEPHANOPOULOS SERVED AS -ANCHORS. TOGETHER, THE TWO HELPED LEAD THE SHOW TO THE TOP OF THE PETIVE MORNG SHOW RATGS, BEATG NBC'S TODAY SHOW, WHICH HAD HELD THE NO. 1 SPOT FOR MORE THAN A .CANCER AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTIN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AS A PLITN OF THE CHEMOTHERAPY SHE RECEIVED FOR BREAST NCER 2007. 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ROBERTS HERSELF DID NOT RELY ON THE REGISTRY, BUT RATHER ON HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN, WHO DOCTORS EMED AN EXCELLENT MATCH. NOHELS, ROBERTS ADVOTED FOR BONE MARROW DONATN VIA BE THE MATCH AND ENURAGED VIEWERS TO REGISTER.RETURN TO 'GMA'ON FEBARY 20, 2013, ROBERTS MA HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON GOOD MORNG AMERI SCE SHE HAD BEGUN TREATMENT. THE WORLD WNSED HER EMOTNAL RETURN AND HAPPY RNN WH THE GOOD MORNG AMERI STAFF. ROBERTS HELPED GOOD MORNG AMERI W S BT RATGS NUMBERS SCE THE MORNG AFTER THE PRINTIAL ELECTN NOVEMBER 2012, AS 6.1 LN VIEWERS TUNED TO SEE HER RETURN TO THE AIR. "I HAVE BEEN WAG 174 DAYS TO SAY THIS: GOOD MORNG, AMERI!" SHE SAID DURG THE SEGMENT.ROBERTS REMAS A POPULAR -HOST ON THE SHOW, ALONGSI STEPHANOPOULOS AND FORMER FOOTBALL STAR MICHAEL STRAHAN.BOOKS, AWARDS AND PERSONALTHE NEWS ANCHOR HAS THORED MULTIPLE BOOKS, CLUDG FROM THE HEART: 7 RUL TO LIVE BY AND EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHG.FOLLOWG HER REVERY, ROBERTS WAS HONORED AT THE 2013 ESPYS WH THE PRTIG ARTHUR ASHE COURAGE AWARD, WHICH WAS PRENTED BY BASKETBALL STAR LEBRON JAM. ADDNALLY, SHE RECEIVED THE WALTER CRONKE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE JOURNALISM 2014 AND WAS DUCTED TO THE SPORTS BROADSTG HALL OF FAME 2016.IN EARLY JANUARY 2014, ROBERTS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS A GAY WOMAN ON GOOD MORNG AMERI. SHE HADN'T PUBLICLY DISCSED HER SEXUAL ORIENTATN PRR TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE PUBLIC ALSO GOT TO SEE A PHOTO OF ROBERTS'S GIRLIEND, AMBER LAIGN, ON THE SHOW, FOLLOWG THE NEWS ANCHOR'S {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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‘GMA’ ANCHOR ROB ROBERTS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDG SHE’S GAY

She has, however, kept a low profile, unlike her famo 2013, Rob Roberts me out to publicly clare that she is gay. At the time, she was already a relatnship wh her current girliend, Amber Laign, who has succsfully managed to keep a low profile over the celebratn of Gay Pri Day back 2017, Rob shared an adorable photo of herself and Amber.

ROB ROBERTS RELLS G OUT FEARS, ADMTG SHE DIDN'T THK SHE 'ULD BE CHRISTIAN AND GAY'

| Photo: Getty ImagIn her ptn, Roberts gave a shoutout to everyone the gay muny who was celebratg the day.

“Good Morng Ameri” anchor Rob Roberts ed a Facebook post to acknowledge what iends and -workers have long known: She’s gay.

Rob Roberts has opened up about the fear she felt before g out - admtg that she didn't thk she 'uld be Christian and gay' at the same time, and revealg that she fally chose to speak out about her sexualy for the sake of her longtime partner, Amber Good Morng Ameri host, 61, me out to the world 2013 via a Facebook post - after meetg her girliend Amber , she has spoken out about why she kept her sexualy hidn for so many years, explag that she was 'aaid people wouldn't unrstand' journalist revealed durg a recent say wrten for People magaze that she first me out when she was younger to a 'mentor, someone she really looked up to.

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SHE WENT ON TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. AT AGE 29, ROBERTS BEGAN HOSTG ESPN'S SPORTSCENTER AND, NOT LONG AFTER, APPEARG AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI. IN 2005, SHE WAS HIRED AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. IN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AFTER UNRGOG CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST NCER. SHE RETURNED TO THE SHOW ON FEBARY 20, 2013. IN EARLY 2014, ROBERTS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS A GAY WOMAN.EARLY LIFEROB RENé ROBERTS WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 23, 1960, TKEGEE, ALABAMA AND GREW UP PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI. THE YOUNGT OF FOUR SIBLGS AND THE DGHTER OF A TKEGEE AIRMEN PILOT, ROBERTS SPENT HER CHILDHOOD CULTIVATG ATHLETIC AND AMIC SUCCS, GRADUATG AS HER HIGH SCHOOL'S SALUTATORIAN. HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN ROBERTS, BEME A LOL NEWS ANCHOR, AND ROB FOLLOWED HER FOOTSTEPS, EARNG A JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP AND A GREE MUNITNS OM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSY.EARLY BROADST CAREERIMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATG OM LLEGE, ROBERTS ED HER UNIQUE BATN OF ATHLETIC TALENT AND JOURNALISTIC SKILL TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. SHE PROGRSED AND SUCCEED, MOVG EVERY YEAR OR TWO TO A LARGER CY THE SOUTH — OM HATTIBURG TO BILOXI TO NASHVILLE AND THEN ATLANTA — AS HER POPULARY AND EXPERIENCE GREW.ESPN TO 'GOOD MORNG AMERI'AT AGE 29, ROBERTS WAS HIRED BY ESPN, WHERE SHE HOSTED THE WORK'S FLAGSHIP NEWS PROGRAM, SPORTSCENTER. AROUND THIS SAME TIME, SHE BEGAN MAKG APPEARANC AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, A SHOW BROADST BY ABC, A SISTER WORK OF ESPN (BOTH WORKS ARE OWNED BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY).IN 2005, AFTER YEARS OF NTRIBUTG TO BOTH ESPN AND GOOD MORNG AMERI, ABC HIRED ROBERTS AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. WHEN DIANE SAWYER, THEN AN ANCHOR ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, WAS NAMED ANCHOR OF ABC WORLD NEWS, THE WORK'S NIGHTTIME NEWS PROGRAM, ROBERTS AND {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GEE STEPHANOPOULOS SERVED AS -ANCHORS. TOGETHER, THE TWO HELPED LEAD THE SHOW TO THE TOP OF THE PETIVE MORNG SHOW RATGS, BEATG NBC'S TODAY SHOW, WHICH HAD HELD THE NO. 1 SPOT FOR MORE THAN A .CANCER AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTIN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AS A PLITN OF THE CHEMOTHERAPY SHE RECEIVED FOR BREAST NCER 2007. 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ROBERTS HERSELF DID NOT RELY ON THE REGISTRY, BUT RATHER ON HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN, WHO DOCTORS EMED AN EXCELLENT MATCH. NOHELS, ROBERTS ADVOTED FOR BONE MARROW DONATN VIA BE THE MATCH AND ENURAGED VIEWERS TO REGISTER.RETURN TO 'GMA'ON FEBARY 20, 2013, ROBERTS MA HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON GOOD MORNG AMERI SCE SHE HAD BEGUN TREATMENT. THE WORLD WNSED HER EMOTNAL RETURN AND HAPPY RNN WH THE GOOD MORNG AMERI STAFF. ROBERTS HELPED GOOD MORNG AMERI W S BT RATGS NUMBERS SCE THE MORNG AFTER THE PRINTIAL ELECTN NOVEMBER 2012, AS 6.1 LN VIEWERS TUNED TO SEE HER RETURN TO THE AIR. "I HAVE BEEN WAG 174 DAYS TO SAY THIS: GOOD MORNG, AMERI!" 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' Rob Roberts has opened up about the fear she felt before g out - admtg that she didn't thk she 'uld be Christian and gay' at the same time an say for People magaze The Good Morng Ameri host, 61, me out to the world 2013 via a Facebook post - after meetg her girliend Amber Laign 2005. The uple is pictured together 2019 Now, she has spoken out about why she kept her sexualy hidn for so many years, explag that she was 'aaid people wouldn't unrstand' herThe next person she told was one of her sisters years later, who burst to tears and said, 'I'm not cryg bee you're gay. ' Throughout her years at ABC, the TV personaly said that 'everyone' her personal life knew she was gay, cludg her 'fay, lleagu, boss, ' but she 'wasn't ready to say publicly.

' 'I was aaid people uldn't unrstand that I uld be Christian and gay, ' she shared wh the outlet. Over the years, Rob (pictured last month) said 'everyone' her personal life knew she was gay, cludg her 'fay, lleagu, boss, ' but she 'wasn't ready to say publicly' After attendg GMA weatherman Sam Champn's weddg to Rubem Robierb 2012, and seeg them receive so much support om the public, she beme spired to speak out After unrgog treatment and a bone marrow transplant 2013 wh her partner, Amber, by her si, she realized was time to troduce her to the world.

INSIGHT TO TROY ROBERTS’ PERSONAL LIFE — IS HE MARRIED TO A WIFE OR IS HE GAY?

'I love people people say, "I'm part of your tribe, " bee I know I am seen - not spe of but bee of who I tly am: gay and black and a woman.

COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY

Roberts and Laign attend the 2014 Rpect Awards, held by the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network, New York Cy. And she’s let viewers on some of the most personal aspects of her life – cludg her breast ncer battle, her partner’s ongog ncer battle and, now, how she me out as gay to her sister.

ROB ROBERTS IS GAY: THANKS LONGTIME GIRLIEND FACEBOOK POST

Roberts publicly announced that she was gay 2013.

As the ver star of PEOPLE‘s Pri Issue which celebrat June beg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pri Month, she shared more tails about the first time she me out. RELATED: Rob Roberts, 61, Looks Amazg On ‘People’ Magaze Gay Pri Cover: ‘GMA’ Star Wears Rabow Drs As She Prays To J In Her Drsg Room “I cid to tell my sister Dorothy [when] I was my 20s. And right when I say to her, jt like out of the movi, ‘Dorothy, I’m gay, ’ the server put down our lunch.

“I look at her and she go, ‘Oh, oh, I’m not cryg bee you told me you’re gay. “For the longt time, before I me out publicly [ 2013], I would thk, ‘Well, everybody knows I am gay.

FORMER BACHELOR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

My fay knows I am gay. Bee I was aaid people uldn’t thk I uld be a Christian and gay.

“Somewhat ironilly, when I me out, was my dtry who kept reportg, ‘Gay! She’s gay! Rob Roberts has a very personal nnectn to helpg Colton Unrwood reveal that he is gay.

ROB ROBERTS REVEALS SHE’S GAY

Roberts revealed publicly 2013 that she is gay. “I know even sayg that now as a gay man, people are gog to be like, ‘How is that even possible?

’ … I ed to wake up the morng and pray for Him to take the gay away, I ed to pray for Him to change me, ” Unrwood said. “I shared wh him somethg that my mother said when I told her about my sexualy, that I’m gay, and she said, ‘God lov you bee of who He is not bee of anythg you do or don’t do.

“And that is somethg a lot of Christian gays stggle wh.

ROB ROBERTS -- NO SECRET SHE WAS GAY

Rob Roberts reflected on her own g out story after Colton Unrwood revealed to her that he is gay durg an emotnal terview on Good Morng Ameri on former Bachelor star and ex-NFL player sat down wh Rob to reveal the panmic had ma him e to terms wh his sexualy, before tellg her: "I'm gay" Who is Rob Roberts' partner Amber Laign? Everythg you need to know about the upleAfter the terview aired, Rob shared a msage that her late mother had told her after she me Rob Roberts clar love for girliend Amber Speakg to her -stars, Rob said: "I shared wh [Colton] somethg that my mother said when I told her about my sexualy, that I'm gay, and she said, 'God lov you bee of who he is, not bee of anythg you do or don't do.

'"Rob publicly addrsed her sexualy back 2013, revealg that she is gay after thankg her "long time girliend" a post to mark 100 days sce her bone marrow transplant durg her battle wh myelodysplastic said at the time: "I am grateful to God, my doctors and nurs for my rtored good health.

A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN

Unrwood revealed he is gay to Rob on GMA"Your grace ught my eye right away and the ease of the eveng ntued to flow through dner. However, the beloved news anchor kept her relatnship wh Amber on the down-low for nearly a until she proudly me out as gay 2013. But was clear few uld agree when me to Hoton’s sexualy, pecially her relatnship wh long-time iend and openly gay woman Robyn some kd of lost diary surfac, fans will never hear om Whney directly.