Robin Roberts Chokes Back Tears While Discussing Partner Amber Laign’s Breast Cancer Battle

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Emotional support. Robin Roberts got choked up when discussing partner Amber Laign’s current battle with breast cancer — a journey the Good Morning America host, herself a breast cancer survivor, knows all too well.“I haven’t talked about it much, but with you I will,” the television journalist, 61, told Ellen DeGeneres about Laign’s health while holding back tears in a clip from the comedian’s talk show shared on Friday, April 22.“She’s doing well, which is great,” Roberts said of the massage therapist, 47 — her partner of 17 years — noting the difference between being in the caregiver role this time.“I went through it twice, barely shed a tear,” she explained. “I’m a puddle every time I think about what Amber is going through.

But she is being so courageous and is handling it extremely well.”Despite a blip in Laign’s treatment plan — Roberts told Entertainment Tonight earlier this month that her partner’s chemotherapy sessions are paused for now due to “complications” — “the prognosis is good for her,” the GMA anchor told DeGeneres, 64.The Alabama native has been open about her own health issues throughout the years, including her own breast cancer diagnosis in 2007.

She later battled a rare bone marrow disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, taking a leave of absence from GMA in 2012.“I am doing so well,” the Brighter by the Day author told Us Weekly in January 2020. “I’m just very grateful to be doing as well as I am.”The fact that the couple have been down this road before is only helpful, Roberts explained to DeGeneres — particularly for the ABC personality, who wants to emulate the strength and comfort Laign provided to her when she was fighting her own health battles.“I’m able to kind of give her a roadmap because