Robin Roberts on waiting to come out: ‘It was right for me’
By Sam Rigby
Robin Roberts has responded to those who questioned why did she didn’t come out as gay sooner.
The Good Morning America host came out in December via a Facebook post, in which she thanked her long-term girlfriend Amber.
Speaking to Good Housekeeping about her decision to speak about her sexuality, she said: “I was so moved that people got it and said, ‘You’re happy.’
“Others, though, were asking, ‘Why didn’t you say something about her before? Why are you only recognizing her now?’ News flash: Some people like their anonymity.
“This is what’s right for me,’ she continued. “Love is love, and I’m grateful to have that. Sometimes there’s a stigma attached to how people view you if you’re living a certain way. But I don’t care — you gotta live your life.”
Robin – who underwent a bone marrow transplant in 2012 to treat myelodysplastic syndrome – said that people have find what happiness means for them, rather than get “caught up in what someone is saying about you on Twitter”.
“You don’t go through a year like I did (surviving myelodysplastic syndrome) to not be happy and not make your own choices,” she said.
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