Now it's really official: Robin Roberts comes out on 'GMA'
A week or so ago, Robin Roberts casually mentioned her girlfriend, 'Amber,' in a Facebook post. This morning, the world finally got to meet this mysterious significant other, or at least briefly, via a photo of both Roberts and Amber Laign standing side by side at a relative's wedding. Of Amber, Roberts had this to say: She 'loved me through a very difficult year...'
The clip is below, and while the media may now treat this is a big so-what, it certainly is important and does beg some of those questions that often go begging at moments like this -- namely why now? Roberts has never exactly made a secret of her orientation, but it was never exactly spoken of in a public forum either.
There are certainly risks for public figures, as the recent Phil Robertson/A&E debacle established, to come out as gay. But she follows, at least in recent memory, Sam Champion and before him Anderson Cooper, who certainly haven't suffered career setbacks.
But why now as opposed to six months ago or a year from now? That's obviously for Roberts to answer -- maybe she will at some point.
The clip:
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