Robin Roberts can't stop gushing
about her girlfriend!
The "Good Morning America"
anchor shared the first photo of her longtime love, Amber Laign, on Monday's
segment of the hit morning show.
The 53-year-old host and fellow anchors
Lara Spencer, Amy Robach, and George Stephanopoulos happily shared stories and
snaps from their holiday vacations. Roberts was smiling with excitement as she
detailed her time off, which started with a trip to Turks and Caicos, then a
jetset to Ogunquit, Maine, and lastly down to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for her
niece's wedding.
Roberts shared a family photo from
her niece's wedding, where she explained who was on-tap for the joyous
occasion: "Next to me is my girlfriend, Amber, and my sister-in-law,
Cynthia, and my brother, Butch. And it was a glorious, glorious time that weekend."
Being that this is the first time
Roberts has mentioned her girlfriend on television since coming out in a
Facebook post on Dec. 29, Stephanopoulos took the opportunity to address the
exciting news. He hinted that her relationship with Laign was a well-known fact
among her close colleagues and that he hoped her experience coming out was
positive.
"I have never been happier or
healthier than I am right now and my year-end post was just full of gratitude
and just telling everyone all that I'm grateful for, including my girlfriend
Amber who really loved me through a difficult year," Roberts responded
emotionally.
Roberts's sister, Sally-Ann, and
Amber were both by the star's side as she bravely battled breast cancer in 2008
and a rare blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome, which required her
to have a bone marrow transplant in 2012.
Roberts and Laign, a licensed massage
therapist from the San Francisco/Bay Area, reportedly have been dating for 10
years.
This may be the first snap we've seen
of Laign, but we hope it won't be the last. Happy New Year, Robin.
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