“Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts married longtime girlfriend Amber Laign over the weekend in a beautiful backyard intimate ceremony.
Robin Roberts confirmed the marriage Sunday on Instagram by posting a pair of photos of her and Amber from the wedding.
“An intimate, magical wedding ceremony in our backyard followed by a joyous reception…ohhhh the dancing!! We are immensely grateful to all for making it a day and a night to remember. Honeymoon here we come!”
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PEOPLE reports that: “Among those in attendance were Roberts’ Good Morning America costars George Stephanopoulos, Sam Champion, Lara Spencer, Michael Strahan, David Muir, Gio Benetiz, Dr. Jen Ashton and Tory Johnson. Tennis icon Billie Jean King and journalist Gayle King were also there to celebrate the brides.”
ABC News:
“The wedding was a celebration of Roberts’ and Laign’s 18-year romance that started with a blind date set up by mutual friends.”
“Our two friends, my friend Alex, her friend Bert, finally said, ‘Enough, you two are going to meet,'” Laign told “GMA” previously, adding of their first meeting, “I remember just walking up and she’s just beautiful, and she took my breath away, and she still does.”
“Over their 18 years together that followed, Roberts and Laign overcame countless health and personal obstacles together, from grieving the losses of parents to helping each other through two bouts with breast cancer and Roberts’ lifesaving bone marrow transplant in 2012.”
“During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the time at home bonded the couple, they said, and turned their talks of marriage over the years into a reality.”
Roberts and Laign danced their first dance as a married couple to Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” and Roberts later surprised her new wife with a flash mob dance.
“I’m hesitating because I haven’t said it out loud yet . . . I’m saying ‘yes’ to marriage,” Roberts said during GMA’s Jan. 2 broadcast. “We’re getting married this year.”
She continued, “It was something we had talked about but we had put it off, she became ill but … it is saying yes to that, and that next chapter.”
Source: Good Morning America, People, ABC News