La journaliste Robin Roberts dit qu’elle a failli renoncer à une interview historique avec le président Barack Obama il y a dix ans, craignant qu’elle ne soit dénoncée comme LGBTQ.
L’ancre de “Good Morning America” a parlé publiquement de sa sexualité pour la première fois en décembre 2013, révélant sur les réseaux sociaux qu’elle était en couple avec sa petite amie Amber Laign depuis 2005.
Dans une apparition sur “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” cette semaine, cependant, Roberts s’est rappelé avoir appris qu’Obama avait l’intention d’annoncer son soutien à l’égalité du mariage dans leur interview de 2012. Étant donné qu’elle n’avait pas abordé sa propre relation homosexuelle dans les médias, elle craignait que le chat ne suscite un examen minutieux de sa propre vie privée.
“J’ai reçu un appel pour aller à la Maison Blanche”, a déclaré Roberts. « Il y avait une possibilité que [Obama] changerait sa position sur l’égalité du mariage. Je n’avais pas encore déclaré publiquement que j’étais gay, et j’avais peur d’être démasqué, que les gens se demandent : “Pourquoi est-ce elle qui interviewe le président alors qu’il modifie sa position ?”
Regardez un extrait de l’interview de Robin Roberts avec Ellen DeGeneres ci-dessous.
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Après avoir considéré l’impact global de l’interview, cependant, Roberts a repris ses esprits.
“C’était un peu comme une scène de ‘Moonstruck'”, a-t-elle expliqué. « Laisse-toi aller, Robin ! À quoi penses-tu? Il ne s’agit pas de vous. Cet homme va avoir un impact sur d’innombrables vies. Et c’est à ce moment-là que j’ai dit : ‘Je vais arrêter de laisser la peur m’empêcher de faire les choses que je veux faire.’
Roberts ― qui fait actuellement la promotion d’un nouveau livre, “Brighter by the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams” ― a déclaré qu’elle était “tellement reconnaissante” qu’elle a décidé de s’engager dans l’interview, qu’elle considère maintenant comme un tournant personnel et professionnel. .
“Encore une fois, si nous nous arrêtons et pensons au nombre de fois où nous avons laissé la peur nous garder sur le côté … je suis tellement, tellement contente que ce ne soit plus le cas”, a-t-elle déclaré. “Je n’obtiendrai pas tout ce que je veux dans la vie, et je ne vais pas tout accomplir, mais bon sang, la peur ne sera pas la raison pour laquelle je ne le serai pas.”
Amber Laign, à gauche, et Robin Roberts, à droite, sont ensemble depuis 2005.
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Ailleurs dans l’interview, Roberts est devenu visiblement émotif en parlant du diagnostic de cancer du sein de Laign en 2021. La journaliste a elle-même eu un cancer du sein en 2007 et, cinq ans plus tard, a subi une greffe de moelle osseuse après avoir reçu un diagnostic de syndrome myélodysplasique, une maladie rare du sang et de la moelle osseuse.
“Je suis une flaque d’eau à chaque fois que je pense à ce que traverse Amber”, a-t-elle expliqué. “Mais elle est si courageuse et s’en sort extrêmement bien. Je peux en quelque sorte lui donner une petite feuille de route, parce que je l’ai parcourue. Mais elle m’a aussi donné une feuille de route sur la façon d’être un soignant.
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