Robin Roberts Biography

Robin Roberts is an American television broadcaster who is currently guest hosting one of the greatest game shows in the USA, Jeopardy! Roberts is the anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America. She is an actress and producer and the most important thing about her she is passionate about nature for her work. She is a hard and smart working woman.

Early Life

Robin Roberts was born on November 23, 1960, in the Alabama town of Tuskegee, to parents who were both teachers. She grew up in Tuskegee and attended Tuskegee University. She was born in New York City, the daughter of Lucimarian Roberts and Colonel Lawrence E. Roberts. She was raised in New York City. She is the youngest of the four children, following her siblings Sally-Ann and Lawrence, Jr., as well as Dorothy, and she is the youngest of the four. During World War II, her father served as a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen of the United States Army Air Corps. She grew up in the Mississippi hamlet of Pass Christian, where she participated in a variety of sports, including basketball and tennis.

Roberts earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, in 1983. She followed in the footsteps of her older sister, Sally-Ann Roberts, a reporter for New Orleans’ CBS affiliate WWL-TV. Roberts claims she was granted a basketball scholarship to Louisiana State University, but she turned it down after seeing the campus. She stopped to look at a sign for Southeastern Louisiana University on her way back to Pass Christian. She was promised a journalism scholarship if she finished tennis. Athlete, third all-time scorer (1,446), and rebounder for the school (1,034). Roberts is one of three 1,000-point scorers. In her senior year, she averaged 27.6 ppg Roberts’ number 21 was retired on February 5, 2011.

Robin Roberts Career

Robin Roberts began her career at WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She’s worked at WLOX-TV in Biloxi since 1984. She was a sports anchor and reporter for WAGA-TV in Atlanta from 1988 to 1990. In Atlanta, she modeled and ran her own radio station, V-103. As her reputation and knowledge grew, she moved every two years or so from Hattiesburg to Biloxi to Nashville, and eventually Atlanta. It was in 2005 that she quit ESPN as a sportscaster. “Keep being terrible!” Roberts remarked on GMA in June 1995. Roberts joined ABC News in June 1995 as a correspondent for GMA. WBCA gave Roberts the Mel Greenberg Media Award in 2001.

The 2012 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee has retired. She contributed to ESPN and Good Morning America. Her work as a GMA news anchor was well-known. Roberts has co-anchored GMA since 2005. In December 2009, George Stephanopoulos replaced Diane Sawyer as co-anchor of GMA. The Roberts-Stephanopoulos team revived Good Morning America, dethroning NBC’s Today for 16 years.

From Pass Christian, where her previous high school was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, she sent her heartfelt sentiments. She returned the following year to anchor the ABC Academy Awards preshow. Roberts appears in Hannah Montana’s fourth season episode “Can You See the Real Me?” On May 30, 2010, Roberts led the Indy 500. Roberts was elected into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Apparently, her most recent work as a guest host can be seen in Jeopardy and so many viewers are already saying that she can be a permanent host for this show.

Social Media

According to the social media network, Robin Roberts has 919K followers on Facebook, according to the website. She currently has 728K followers and 354 followings on her Instagram account, and she has published 1734 posts in total so far. According to Twitter statistics, she had 1.1 million followers and 1667 followers. She has been active on Twitter since March 2011.

Robin Roberts Biography

Real Name Robin René Roberts
Birth Date 23 November 1960
Age (as of 2021) 60 Years
Birth Place Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
Nationality American
Profession Broadcaster, TV Anchor, Author
Religion Christianity
Sun sign Sagittarius

Physical Statistics

Height in feet inches – 5’ 10” – in Centimeters – 178 cm
Weight in Kilograms – 68 kg  –  in Pounds –  150 lbs
Shoe Size 8.5 U.S.)
Hair Color Dark Brown
Eye Color Dark Brown
Body Type Slim

Family

Father Lawrence E. Roberts
Mother Lucimarian Tolliver
Sister Sally-Ann Roberts, Dorothy Roberts
Brother Lawrence Jr. “Butch” Roberts

Qualification/Education

School Pass Christian High School
College Southeastern Louisiana University

Relationship Status

Marital Status Married
Affair Yes
Is she a Lesbian? No
Girlfriend Amber Laign
Children One

Personal Life

When Roberts began dating massage therapist Amber Laign, she had no idea that she was embarking on the beginning of an enduring relationship. Even though her friends and coworkers were aware of her same-sex encounters, Roberts did not officially disclose her lesbian orientation until late December 2013. Roberts is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, which she joined in her early twenties and which she has been a part of for almost two decades.

Robin Roberts Net Worth

Currently, Robin Roberts has a net worth of 45 million dollars, which she has accumulated entirely as a result of her dedication to the journalism business. Her previous work as a producer and performer contributed to some of her earnings. She had experience in a wide range of industries and with a diverse range of firms.

Trivia

  • In 2014, Roberts received the Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence which she received from President Barack Obama.
  • Because of her accomplishments, she has been awarded the Radio Television Digital News Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018.
  • When the Harlem Globetrotters celebrated their centennial year in 2015, Roberts was appointed an honorary member of the organization, making him only the ninth individual in the organization’s history to acquire this distinction.
  • June 2016 marked the one-year anniversary of Roberts’ induction into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
  • Roberts was named to the ESPNW Top 25 Female Athletes of 2014 list.
  • Roberts has won the titles of Miss America and Miss Universe in the past.
  • Her treatment for the myelodysplastic syndrome was covered in the show, which was honored with a Peabody Award in 2012 for its coverage of the condition.

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