Why Rob Roberts Comg Out as Gay Isn’t News — But Is Still Signifint (Analysis)

Good Morng Ameri's Rob Roberts remembered the emotnal msage her mother told her after she me out as gay followg her recent terview wh Colton Unrwood * robin robert gay *

She’s gay!

“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. ' 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.

ROB ROBERTS IS GAY: THANKS LONGTIME GIRLIEND FACEBOOK POST

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' '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.

'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. Rob Roberts me out as gay December a public thank-you note to her longtime girliend, Amber Laign, for helpg her through a bone marrow Monday, the "Good Morng Ameri" host opened up about her partner and their life together to "The Ellen DeGener Show. Roberts and Laign attend the 2014 Rpect Awards, held by the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network, New York Cy.

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.

ROB ROBERTS -- NO SECRET SHE WAS GAY

Rob Roberts g out as a lbian this weekend is not really news, but ’s still signifint. Roberts’ sexualy was a barely disguised secret — like Anrson Cooper and Jodie Foster before her, she never exerted much energy holdg the closet door shut. Ined, when Roberts sred a cril 2012 terview wh Print Barack Obama about the Whe Hoe’s shift favor of gay marriage, tongu wagged. Like Cooper, R&B crooner Frank Ocean and Olympic diver Tom Daley, Roberts ma the big reveal a sual manner. * robin robert gay *

Another achievement of hers is the 2018 Rad Televisn Digal News Foundatn’s Lifetime Achievement has been selected as a mentor for Disney’s ‘DreamBigPrcs’ on October 10, -anchored the weddg of the Amerin televisn star, Meghan Markle wh Prce Harry on May 19, Roberts: Net Worth, SalaryAs of 2023, is timated that she has a worth of $45 ma source of e is her profsnal reer and she receiv a salary of $18 ln per has an credible home Roberts: Rumors, ControversiThere were mors about her sexualy and she me public and announced herself as gay officially December Measurements: Height, Weight, Body SizeShe has a height of 5 ft. In early 2014, Roberts officially me out as a gay LifeRob René Roberts was born on November 23, 1960, Tkegee, Alabama and grew up Pass Christian, Mississippi. Addnally, she received the Walter Cronke Award for Excellence Journalism 2014 and was ducted to the Sports Broadstg Hall of Fame early January 2014, Roberts officially me out as a gay woman on Good Morng Ameri.

ROB ROBERTS GETS EMOTNAL OVER ‘GOOD MORNG AMERI’S’ GAY CONVERSN CAMPS SEGMENT, THANKS HER PARENTS FOR SUPPORT

The "Good Morng Ameri" host Rob Roberts me out as gay 2014. She has a lovg relatnship of over a wh her girliend, Amber Laign. The long-time uple is a match ma heaven! * robin robert 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.

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.

Rob Roberts has a very personal nnectn to helpg Colton Unrwood reveal that he is 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?

SHOP SUAL WGIRL-SPIRED OUTFS FOR FALLOPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREFORMER 'BACHELOR' STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY13:36FORMER 'BACHELOR' COLTON UNRWOOD SPEAKS HIS TTH AND OUT AS BYCARSON BLACKWELR VIO BYJA ANRSON AND DANIELLE GEAPRIL 14, 2021, 7:33 AM•8 M READCOLTON UNRWOOD IS READY TO LIVE HIS TTH.THE FORMER "BACHELOR" STAR ME OUT AS GAY AN EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH ROB ROBERTS ON "GOOD MORNG AMERI" ON WEDNDAY."I'VE RAN OM MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME. I'VE HATED MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME," UNRWOOD TOLD ROBERTS A PRE-TAPED CHAT. "AND I'M GAY. AND I ME TO TERMS WH THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HAVE BEEN PROCSG . AND THE NEXT STEP ALL OF THIS WAS SORT OF LETTG PEOPLE KNOW."MORE: COLTON UNRWOOD SETS 'EPLY PERSONAL' TERVIEW ON 'GMA' WH ROB ROBERTS"I'M STILL NERVO, BUT YEAH," HE NTUED. "IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY FOR SURE."ABC'S ROB ROBERTS WH COLTON UNRWOOD, THE LEAD OF THE 23RD SEASON OF "THE BACHELOR," DURG AN TERVIEW APRIL 2021.ABCUNRWOOD SAID HE FALLY GOT TO A PLACE WHERE HE ULD BE HONT WH HIMSELF AFTER 2020, THE YEAR THAT TURNED EVERYONE'S LIV UPSI DOWN, AND MA PEOPLE "LOOK AT THEMSELV THE MIRROR AND FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN NNG OM OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN PUTTG OFF THEIR LIV."WHEN ROBERTS, WHO IS ALSO OPENLY GAY, SAID SHE ULD "SEE THE JOY" AND "SEE THE RELIEF" UNRWOOD, HE SAID HE WAS "EMOTNAL , LIKE SUCH A GOOD, HAPPY, POSIVE WAY," AND IS "THE HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT" HE'S EVER BEEN.UNRWOOD SAID HE WENT THROUGH A "DARK AND BAD" TIME BEFORE FEELG LIKE HE ULD REVEAL THIS ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS "WAKE UP LL" WAS FEELG LIKE HE "WOULD'VE RATHER DIED" THAN SAY HE'S GAY."THERE WAS A MOMENT L.A. THAT I WOKE UP AND I DIDN'T THK I WAS GONNA WAKE UP. I DIDN'T HAVE THE TENTNS OF WAKG UP. AND I DID," HE RELLED, NOTG THIS MOMENT -- AND OTHER "SUICIDAL THOUGHTS" -- LED HIM TO "TAKE BACK NTROL" OF HIS LIFE.WHEN ROBERTS ASKED ABOUT THE WOMEN OM HIS "BACHELOR" SEASON AND HOW THEY -- AMONG OTHERS -- MAY FEEL MISLED, UNRWOOD SAID HE "WOULD UNRSTAND WHY THEY THK THAT WAY.""I'VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS TOO, OF, 'DO I REGRET BEG THE BACHELOR AND DO I REGRET HANDLG THE WAY THAT I DID?' I DO," HE SAID. "I DO THK I ULD'VE HANDLED BETTER, I'LL SAY THAT."UNRWOOD SAID HE "GENUELY" WISH HE HADN'T DRAGGED PEOPLE TO "MY OWN MS OF FIGURG OUT WHO I WAS." IN ADDN TO SAYG SORRY TO THOSE WOMEN, HE WOULD SAID THANK YOU BEE, ULTIMATELY, THEY AND THE ANCHISE HELPED HIM GET TO THIS PLACE.MORE: MATT JAM REFLECTS ON 'BACHELOR' SEASON, RACHAEL KIRKNNELL NTROVERSYWHEN HE WAS NAMED THE BACHELOR, UNRWOOD SAID HE REMEMBERED "PRAYG TO GOD" THE MORNG HE FOUND OUT AND "THANKG HIM FOR MAKG ME STRAIGHT,' THKG THIS WOULD LEAD TO HIM FALLY GETTG THE WIFE AND THEM HAVG KIDS.COLTON UNRWOOD AS "THE BACHELOR," FOR SEASON 23, 2019.CRAIG SJOD/ABCBUT UNRWOOD SAID HE HAD KNOWN THE TTH OF HIS SEXUALY SCE A YOUNG AGE, KNOWG HE "JT FELT DIFFERENT" OM THE AGE OF 6, WHEN HE ULDN'T PROCS . HE KNEW HE WAS "MORE EMOTNAL" THAN THE OTHER BOYS HIS CLASS. IT TOOK UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL FOR HIM TO REALIZE HE "WAS MORE ATTRACTED TO THE BOYS AND THE MEN" THAN HE WAS THE OPPOSE SEX.HAVG GROWN UP THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, HE REMEMBERED HE "LEARNED THE BIBLE THAT GAY IS A S" CATHOLIC GRA SCHOOL. AND DURG HIS TIME SPORTS, HE REMEMBERED PEOPLE G THE WORD "GAY" AS A TERM THAT HELD "A NNOTATN OF NEGATIVY.""I THK THERE'S A LOT OF THGS, WHEN I LOOK BACK, I'M LIKE, 'NO WONR I HELD ,'" HE SAID.UNRWOOD SAID HE HAS GROWN "CLOSER TO GOD" THIS REVELATN AND SAID HE KNOWS SOME PEOPLE WILL QUTN HOW THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE FOR A GAY MAN TO SAY."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," HE SAID, ADDG THAT HIS RELATNSHIP WH GOD NOW ISN'T "NDNAL."UNRWOOD SAID HE'S HAD "A RANGE OF RPONS" TO HIS G OUT AND THE "UNRLYG, MOST MON ONE" HAS BEEN THEY WISH HE'D TOLD THEM SOONER, CLUDG HIS DAD."AND WHEN I HEAR THAT, I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD FAH MY IENDS AND MY FAY A LTLE B MORE," HE SAID. "THE ONLY REASON I'M STG DOWN WH YOU TODAY IS BEE I HAVE THE LOVE AND THE SUPPORT OF MY IENDS AND MY FAY."MORE: KATIE THURSTON AND MICHELLE YOUNG EACH GIVEN THEIR OWN SEASONS OF 'THE BACHELORETTE'UNRWOOD SAID HE STILL HASN'T HAD AN "EMOTNAL NNECTN" WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX, BUT HE IS LOOKG FORWARD TO FDG A PARTNER."I'VE NEVER ALLOWED MYSELF TO," HE NTUED. "AND IT'S NEVER BEEN SORT OF MY RDS TO LET MYSELF GET THERE, AND I WANT TO MORE THAN ANYTHG. I'M LOOKG FOR SOMEONE WHO N PH ME AND CHALLENGE ME ALL THE GREAT WAYS."WHEN ROBERTS ASKED IF HE HAD ANY ADVICE FOR SOMEONE STGGLG TO E OUT, UNRWOOD SAID HE STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO AND IS STILL LEARNG."BUT IF I HAD TO GO BACK AND GIVE ANYBODY ADVICE, I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA GET THROUGH IS WHAT I WOULD TELL MYSELF. KEEP FIGHTG FOR YOU. KEEP CHOOSG YOU EVERY MORNG. AND WHEN THE TIME'S READY OR WHEN THE TIME'S RIGHT AND YOU'RE READY, DO ON YOUR OWN TIME."ABC'S ROB ROBERTS WH COLTON UNRWOOD, THE LEAD OF THE 23RD SEASON OF "THE BACHELOR," DURG AN TERVIEW APRIL 2021.ABC13:36UNRWOOD, WHO GAVE HIS FAL ROSE TO CASSIE RANDOLPH 2019, SAYS HE “ME TO TERMS” WH HIS SEXUALY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND IS THE “HAPPIT AND HEALTHIT” HE’S EVER BEEN.BACHELOR NATN WAS FIRST TRODUCED TO UNRWOOD WHEN HE WAS A NTTANT ON BEC KU'S SEASON OF "THE BACHELORETTE," THE 14TH SEASON, 2018. HE MA TO KU'S FAL FOUR.THE FORMER FOOTBALL STAR FOLLOWED THIS UP WH A BRIEF STT ON SEASON 4 OF "BACHELOR PARADISE," ON WHICH HE HAD A FLG WH TIA BOOTH.UNRWOOD WAS THEN THE LEAD OF SEASON 23 OF "THE BACHELOR" 2019, WH HIS VIRGY BEG A EQUENT TOPIC OF NVERSATN AND HIS FAMO FENCE-JUMPG MOMENT BEG ONE OF THE ANCHISE'S MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS. HE GAVE HIS FAL ROSE TO NTTANT CASSIE RANDOLPH BUT ULTIMATELY CHOSE TO NOT PROPOSE TO HER, THOUGH THEY LATER TOLD "GMA" THEY HAD DISCSED AN ENGAGEMENT.MORE: CHRIS HARRISON WON'T HOST NEXT SEASON OF 'THE BACHELORETTE'THE TWO DATED AFTER THE SHOW WRAPPED UNTIL ANNOUNCG THEIR BREAKUP EARLY 2020. THEY LATER MA HEADL WHEN RANDOLPH WAS GRANTED A RTRAG ORR AGAST UNRWOOD, ACCG HIM OF STALKG AND HARASSG HER. IN A POLICE REPORT, SHE ACCED HIM OF PUTTG A TRACKG VICE ON HER R. UNRWOOD LATER RELEASED A STATEMENT EXPLAG THAT HE AND RANDOLPH HAD ROLVED THEIR ISSU PRIVATE. SHE LATER DISMISSED THE RTRAG ORR AND REQUTED THE POLICE VTIGATN BE DROPPED.IN HIS TERVIEW WH ROBERTS, UNRWOOD APOLOGIZED SPECIFILLY TO RANDOLPH FOR "ANY PA AND EMOTNAL STRS" HE ED HER AND SAID HE WISH HADN'T HAPPENED THE WAY DID."I WISH THAT I WOULD'VE BEEN URAGEO ENOUGH TO FIX MYSELF BEFORE I BROKE ANYBODY ELSE," HE SAID.HE SAID HE "LOVED EVERYTHG" ABOUT RANDOLPH, WHICH "ONLY MA HARR AND MORE NFG" FOR HIM AS HE WAS EXPERIENCG HIS OWN "TERNAL FIGHT."PRR TO HIS TIME ON REALY TV, UNRWOOD FAMOLY DATED OLYMPIC GYMNAST ALY RAISMAN. HE WROTE ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP -- AND MUCH MORE -- HIS 2020 BOOK, "THE FIRST TIME: FDG MYSELF AND LOOKG FOR LOVE ON REALY TV."THE DAYS, UNRWOOD IS JT "PROUD" OF HOW FAR HE HAS E."I'M STILL THE SAME COLTON EVERYBODY MET ON TV. I'M STILL THE SAME COLTON TO MY IENDS AND MY FAY, I JT HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WH PEOPLE NOW ALL OF ME," HE SAID. "AND I AM PROUD OF THAT, YOU KNOW? I AM PROUD TO BE GAY."IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP OR SUPPORT, NTACT THE TREVOR PROJECT'S TREVORLIFELE 24/7 AT 1-866-488-7386. COUNSELG IS ALSO AVAILABLE 24/7 VIA CHAT AT , OR BY TEXTG 678-678.RELATED TOPICSTHE BACHELORUP NEXT CULTURE—BILLIE JEAN KG REFLECTS ON GENR EQUALY 50 YEARS AFTER 'BATTLE OF THE SEX' AUGT 29, 2023'BACHELORETTE' ALUM JOSH SEER 'ALIVE AND WELL' AFTER ALLEGED SOCIAL MEDIA ATH HOAXAUGT 29, 2023JOHN LEGEND SHAR ADORABLE VIO WH 'MI-ME' SON MILAUGT 29, 2023JSI ALBA SHAR PHOTO OF HER 2 DGHTERS: 'MY BABY GIRLS'AUGT 29, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—BILLIE JEAN KG REFLECTS ON GENR EQUALY 50 YEARS AFTER 'BATTLE OF THE SEX' AUGT 29, 2023'BACHELORETTE' ALUM JOSH SEER 'ALIVE AND WELL' AFTER ALLEGED SOCIAL MEDIA ATH HOAXAUGT 29, 2023JOHN LEGEND SHAR ADORABLE VIO WH 'MI-ME' SON MILAUGT 29, 2023JSI ALBA SHAR PHOTO OF HER 2 DGHTERS: 'MY BABY GIRLS'AUGT 29, 2023

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’ … 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.

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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'