GMA host "comes out" on Facebook

In a Facebook post around dinnertime (EST), the popular co-host of Good Morning America Robin Roberts, wrote, “I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together.”

It was the first time the popular ABC News morning show host had publicly acknowledged that she is a lesbian.

Roberts said she was mulling her state a year earlier, in 2012, when she reached an important 100 day-milestone after undergoing a blood marrow transplant and the entire post reads:

“At this moment I am at peace and filled with joy and gratitude. I am grateful to God, my doctors and nurses for my restored good health,” she wrote. “I am grateful for my sister, Sally-Ann, for being my donor and giving me the gift of life. I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together. I am grateful for the many prayers and well wishes for my recovery. I return every one of them to you 100 fold. On this last Sunday of 2013 I encourage you to reflect on what you are grateful for too.”

Robin René Roberts was born November 23, 1960 in Alabama.

Published - The Gayly, Dec. 29, 2013 @6pm