Robin Roberts and Amber Laign's Relationship Timeline

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anchor Robin Roberts has been in a relationship with massage therapist and businesswoman Amber Laign for 18 years, and in 2023, they'll tie knot!The couple met on a blind date in 2005, but kept their relationship private for years until Roberts came out as gay to the public in 2013.

The couple still manages to keep a very low profile, but make some public appearances together. From 2005 to their upcoming 2023 wedding, here's a timeline of Robin Roberts and Amber Laign's relationship.

and Laign meet on a blind date. “I liked the fact that she had no idea who I was,” Roberts wrote in her 2014 memoir, Everybody's Got Something, “She rarely followed sports, so she never saw me on ESPN…and her office mates at the time watched a different morning show.” The couple kept a low profile for years because it wasn't until December 31, 2013, that Roberts came out to the public as gay.

In a Facebook post, , “I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together.” Although Roberts did not post Amber's last name, the press made the connection quickly.