The “Good Morning America” anchor stated she was informed there was a risk Obama was going to announce a shift in his stance on marriage equality on the time, she informed Ellen DeGeneres on Monday. Roberts, who’s homosexual, was not but publicly out and stated she thought-about declining the interview.
“I had not been public but about being homosexual and I used to be afraid that I may be outed, that folks would possibly marvel, ‘Why is she the one interviewing the President when he is making this modification in his stance,’” she informed DeGeneres.
She continued: “After which it was kinda like a scene out of ‘Moonstruck,’ slap, , snap out of it! You understand, ‘Robin what are you considering? It is not about you. This man goes to influence numerous lives.’ And it was at that second that I stated, ‘I will cease letting worry preserve me from the issues that I need to do.’”
Roberts, a breast most cancers survivor, additionally talked about her accomplice, Amber Laign’s battle with breast most cancers.
“I have never talked about it a lot, however with you, I’ll,” she stated. “She’s doing properly, which is nice.”