American broadcaster Robin Roberts Co-Anchor 'Good Morning America' From Home Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Robin Roberts is practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic — The Good Morning America co-anchor set up shop in her basement, telling viewers in a video shared via Twitter that she decided to work from home due to her underlying health conditions. which means that like millions of other Americans, she's working from home.
Robin Roberts made the decision to begin hosting "Good Morning America" from home and her first remote show was on Wednesday morning. She shared that the decision was made just to be extra careful as coronavirus cases in New York City continue to surge.
"Welcome to my house," she started the show. "It was a short commute for me this morning, just heading downstairs to... this is the screening room. This is where we binge like everybody else these days, in our screening room in our basement. You can see that little man Lucas is not thrilled at all," she said, referring to her dog. "He's just hanging out, that's what you do when you work at home."
In the clip, Roberts, 59, sits in a chair behind a desk in the "screening room" of her basement, which is adorned by a large TV and what appears to be a bar and chic wine fridge. Roberts reveals she brought a few tokens from the studio — a GMA coffee mug as well as a gift from Gina DeJesus, one of the women kidnapped and held for years in a Cleveland, Ohio, house by Ariel Castro in the early 2000s. "She was one of the women who was held captive all those years in that Cleveland house. The camera pans to reveal a large couch, atop of which her dog, Lucas, perched on a pillow. And she never gave up hope — and we never should give up hope either. Have a blessed day," Roberts said.
Other video clips shared by the GMA told Roberts the news, including a story about new self-quarantine guidelines from his own set-up in New York City.On A Tuesday, Roberts showed his doctor, Gayle Roboose, who advised on air that people with underlying medical conditions should take special precautions to protect themselves from coronavirus, as they are at risk.
"I heard your advice and because of what is going on in New York City, this will be my last day in the studio for a little bit and I will do like everyone else," Roberts told her doctor. "It is hard to leave because you want the normalcy. You want it not just for yourself but for our viewers."Roberts had a bone marrow transplant in 2012, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and later learned that she had a rare blood disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome.
"But like so many, that's what we're doing, we're working from home," she continued."New York City, there's an escalation right there, and because of my underlying health conditions, my doctors thought it best that I work from home. But I did bring some items from the studio — got my 'Good Morning America' mug, good morning sunshine, and also I brought this," and she held up a framed photo that said "Hope" and contained a photo of Cleveland kidnapping survivor Gina DeJesus.
She never gave up hope, Roberts said of Edges. And we should never give up hope.
"I heard your advice and because of what is going on in New York City, this will be my last day in the studio for a little bit and I will do like everyone else," Roberts told her guest, Dr. Gail Roboz, during Tuesday's show. "It is hard to leave because you want the normalcy. You want it not just for yourself but for our viewers."
Roboz told viewers not to treat social distancing lightly. "What we need from the world is help to slow it down and take social distancing seriously," she said. The anchors of GMA, already spaced a safe distance apart from each other on set, said goodbye to Roberts as she made her announcement. "Ill be able to keep my slippers on in the morning," she joked.
Robin Roberts is practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic — The Good Morning America co-anchor set up shop in her basement, telling viewers in a video shared via Twitter that she decided to work from home due to her underlying health conditions. which means that like millions of other Americans, she's working from home.
Robin Roberts made the decision to begin hosting "Good Morning America" from home and her first remote show was on Wednesday morning. She shared that the decision was made just to be extra careful as coronavirus cases in New York City continue to surge.
"Welcome to my house," she started the show. "It was a short commute for me this morning, just heading downstairs to... this is the screening room. This is where we binge like everybody else these days, in our screening room in our basement. You can see that little man Lucas is not thrilled at all," she said, referring to her dog. "He's just hanging out, that's what you do when you work at home."
In the clip, Roberts, 59, sits in a chair behind a desk in the "screening room" of her basement, which is adorned by a large TV and what appears to be a bar and chic wine fridge. Roberts reveals she brought a few tokens from the studio — a GMA coffee mug as well as a gift from Gina DeJesus, one of the women kidnapped and held for years in a Cleveland, Ohio, house by Ariel Castro in the early 2000s. "She was one of the women who was held captive all those years in that Cleveland house. The camera pans to reveal a large couch, atop of which her dog, Lucas, perched on a pillow. And she never gave up hope — and we never should give up hope either. Have a blessed day," Roberts said.
Other video clips shared by the GMA told Roberts the news, including a story about new self-quarantine guidelines from his own set-up in New York City.On A Tuesday, Roberts showed his doctor, Gayle Roboose, who advised on air that people with underlying medical conditions should take special precautions to protect themselves from coronavirus, as they are at risk.
"I heard your advice and because of what is going on in New York City, this will be my last day in the studio for a little bit and I will do like everyone else," Roberts told her doctor. "It is hard to leave because you want the normalcy. You want it not just for yourself but for our viewers."Roberts had a bone marrow transplant in 2012, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and later learned that she had a rare blood disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome.
"But like so many, that's what we're doing, we're working from home," she continued."New York City, there's an escalation right there, and because of my underlying health conditions, my doctors thought it best that I work from home. But I did bring some items from the studio — got my 'Good Morning America' mug, good morning sunshine, and also I brought this," and she held up a framed photo that said "Hope" and contained a photo of Cleveland kidnapping survivor Gina DeJesus.
She never gave up hope, Roberts said of Edges. And we should never give up hope.
"I heard your advice and because of what is going on in New York City, this will be my last day in the studio for a little bit and I will do like everyone else," Roberts told her guest, Dr. Gail Roboz, during Tuesday's show. "It is hard to leave because you want the normalcy. You want it not just for yourself but for our viewers."
Roboz told viewers not to treat social distancing lightly. "What we need from the world is help to slow it down and take social distancing seriously," she said. The anchors of GMA, already spaced a safe distance apart from each other on set, said goodbye to Roberts as she made her announcement. "Ill be able to keep my slippers on in the morning," she joked.
