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Sam Champion of Good Morning America Weds Rubem Robierb!
Sam Champion of Good Morning America Weds Rubem Robierb!
December 21, 2012

Sam Champion is a married man!

The Good Morning America weatherman tied the knot in New York City Friday, Dec. 21 with longtime boyfriend Rubem Robierb.

When Champion's GMA pal Lara Spencer asked him if he was nervous about the big day, the good-humored weatherman replied, "The whole family is at the house right now, so I should be able to walk in and have everything [done]."

Other members of the GMA team, including Robin Roberts and Josh Elliott, were also on-hand to celebrate the couple's happy union.

N.Y. State Supreme Court Justice George J. Silver conducted the ceremony, which took place Friday afternoon, and Roberts, who is currently recovering from a bone marrow transplant, recited a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Champion's married costars couldn't resist offering a few pieces of advice as well.

"Be present in every single moment," Elizabeth Vargas advised him. "As big as today is, it's the rest of your life that is really amazing."

The couple met several years ago in Miami after being introduced by mutual friends. Robierb is a professional fine-arts photographer who divides his work Miami, Atlanta, New York and Santa Monica.

Champion and Robierb, 35, announced their engagement in October. "We are thrilled and so excited and thank everyone for their good wishes," Champion shared in a statement. (The engagement news was also Champion's understated way of coming out publicly as gay.)

In December, Champion told Us Weekly that their wedding would be a "tiny, tiny" affair.

"What I'm most excited about is [my fiance] and the opportunity to spend the rest of my life with him," Champion, 51, told Us. "Because I think he's the most amazing person in the world."

This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Sam Champion of Good Morning America Weds Rubem Robierb!

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You go Sam and Ruben Congratulations!! I can't function in the morning without gma before work. How that news got by me I'll never know. Much happiness and forget the hatred. That's what's wrong with the world today too many people worried about everyone else's business and judging others instead of taking care of their own. With so much child abuse; starvation; homelessness etc people who have negative views and comments should pick a cause and help someone less fortunate instead of judging others. Love has everything to do with it. If you don't like it mind your business they aren't hurting anyone. I love you for being you and being honest Sam Champion and I love GMA. Hurry back Robin. We miss YOU!!
Posted by zsazsa5 January 11, 2013, 1:15 am
I am in complete agreement! God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve!
Posted by TiajuanaTaco December 24, 2012, 11:51 pm
I completely agree with the comment under me.
Posted by doll face December 24, 2012, 8:42 pm
Well today was my last day watching GMA. The national broadcast of Sam Champions Gay marriage this morning was pathetic. So much for traditional family values. I was disturbed to watch this broadcast with my son this morning. Keep the sexual preferences of your staff private. It certainly did not need to be broadcast on national television.
Posted by Unbelievable December 24, 2012, 8:35 am
Why should they have to celebrate in private? I thought God teaches love, no? So if they love each other, why shouldn't they shout it from the rooftops. Just like any man and woman does?
Posted by Newbie December 23, 2012, 5:08 pm
Just celebrate without shoving it in our face.
Posted by Fly by night December 23, 2012, 4:05 pm
Good for him. I am happy for both of them. They have been together for years and should have the same rights as men and women do. This was a joyful, significant and important day for both he and his spouse!
Posted by Melanie Marie December 23, 2012, 5:36 am
Disgusting!
Posted by Mickers December 23, 2012, 12:27 am
Nice to see Robin.
Posted by aaa123 December 22, 2012, 10:15 pm
Cara ed amabile, soave piu.
Posted by tuscani56 December 22, 2012, 2:49 pm

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