Robin Roberts has revealed why she was missing from Friday’s show.
The Good Morning America anchor and her wife were off to the snow covered hills of Utah.
Robin was mysteriously missing from Friday’s show, leaving many viewers to wonder where she was, and if everything was alright.
The 63-year-old calmed concerns by sharing a video to her Instagram Stories and revealed she was at the airport.
The ABC star walked across the terminal with her wife, Amber Laign, and her makeup crew.
The group shared a video walking down the boarding bridge, smiling and bouncing.
“We’re going to Sundance!” Robin exclaimed, as she then turned her attention to her new wife. “What do you say, boo?”
Amber and Robin shouted in unison, “Heyyyyyy!”
“Sweet Amber, glam fam, and I, are headed to Sundance,” she wrote.
In the following Story, Robin shared a brief clip of the tall trees still covered in glowing Christmas lights.
The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, seemed buried in snow.
“We’re ready for ya, Sundance! Friyay,” she added.
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
Robin could probably use a working vacation – especially after an emotional week.
On Thursday’s show, she broke down in tears during a segment about the increased chances of finding a match for cancer patients needing a blood stem cell transplant.
While sitting with co-hosts George Stephanopoulos, 62, and Lara Spencer, 54, Robin, 63, revealed there’s been a “breakthrough for those who need blood stem cell transplants.”
The segment focused on, Amelia Johnson, a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in November 2021, and her family.
Robin revealed that Amelia needed “a blood stem cell transplant for her best chance at a life-saving cure” but that the odds were stacked against her.
Amelia’s mother revealed that due to her daughter’s ethnicity, being half-Black and half-Indian, doctors warned her that it could be difficult to find a full match.
Robin explained that “ethnically diverse patients with blood cancers and disorders, historically, have had less than [a] fifty percent chance of finding a fully matched transplant.
But thanks to the new treatment options and medical advancements doctors were able to find a 22-year-old partially-matched donor named Cassidy. and in June 2022, Amelia underwent a successful blood stem cell transplant and is now healthy.
GETTING PERSONAL
Robin is a cancer survivor herself, and back in the studio, revealed that due to Amelia’s family raised awareness and helped others find their own donors.
She continued, “One of the most crucial things about this new research is that not needing a fully matched donor help addresses the ethnic disparities in getting that crucial transplant.”
Robin then thought back on her own cancer treatment as she began, “I remember—”
She paused, having to fight back tears as she continued.
“When I got my transplant my sister was a perfect match and they told me,” she paused again.
“That only happens seventy percent of the time.”
Shaken, her voice quivered as she expressed the uncertainty of what could have been.
“So if my sister had not been a match but now, 10 years later, it is amazing.
Robin concluded, “I just know that families are—” she let out a sigh of relief before then adding, “gives them hope.”
