GMA’s Robin Roberts holds back tears in emotional moment with coworker on live TV
GOOD Morning America’s Robin Roberts has been forced to fight back tears after having an emotional moment with a coworker on live TV.
She and weather anchor Sam Champion have had a lot of fun banter during the show lately, but their back-and-forth got a bit more touching during Tuesday’s show.
While catching up with Sam to get a bit of a weather forecast, Robin had her usual friendly conversation with him before getting to the report.
What started out as just some jokes between the two of them, the conversation soon turned sincere as the weather anchor sent a compliment his co-worker’s way.
He stopped what they were talking about to tell her: “Robin, I am mesmerized by the way that looks on you this morning.”
“Really, it’s riveting. We all agree,” he added, looking at his colleagues off-camera.
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Taken aback by the sudden change to sincerity and the sweet comment, Robin got all choked up as she responded: “I- I-, thank you for that.”
After recovering, she brought back the humor and joked that she was done for the day after getting such a nice compliment.
“Ok, good night, everybody,” she said. “You’ve been a great audience. It’s time for me to go home. Can’t top this.”
Sam wasn’t the only one to shower the host with compliments over her Tuesday ensemble.
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One fan praised: “That dress is stunning and so are you!”
A second begged to know: “Robin Roberts, where did you get that dress it is everything?”
“YOU ARE ROCKIN THAT OUTFIT!!! Grand slam lady GRACE,” a third wrote.
Many viewers were also just happy to see both Robin and Sam together on-air again, sharing how much they always love watching the two of them interact on the show.
One GMA fan gushed: “You and Sam just ‘bring the morning’ smiles and laughter.”
Another viewer tweeted: “You both make me happy!”
A third said the pair “always bring a smile to [their] face.”
GMA fans have loved seeing the on-air banter between Robin and Sam in recent weeks.
Last month, viewers were shocked after the 57-year-old spiced up GMA’s coverage of the first day of summer during a chat with the weather anchor.
Sam dished on all of the summer must-haves, but Robin joked that he seemed to miss a main item.
“You’ve been talking about like the hats, and you know the cocoa butter, but you haven’t mentioned the speedo,'” Robin Roberts said, causing the hosting panel to erupt into laughter.
“Well, Robin, it is part of the very typical summer solstice kit,” Sam joked back. “And it is a gold lamé one.”
Robin sarcastically responded: “Oh! Oh! My eyes, My eyes!”
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With all the anchors laughing hysterically, Sam moved to end the segment in good fun.
“Now let’s clean our minds; here’s what’s going on outside,” he said, cackling before giving the forecast.