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@SamChampion

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Emmy and Peabody award-winning anchor, reporter & happy husband/ son/ brother/ uncle.Retweeting is not a political endorsement.. 62 & into fitness/beach/garden

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Joined February 2009
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@SamChampion
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3 years
I knew I was different very early… and was bullied at school VERY YOUNG. if you can’t go to a teacher or administrator to talk. you are alone. The #Florida #DontSayGay bill is cruel and further isolates. #sayGay #SayGayAnyway #ISayGay.
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@SamChampion
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2 years
Happy #Pride2023 ! It’s important to show up this year… more than anytime since the 80’s . #allies we need you too! Basic human rights protect ALL of us from hostile, fringe hate groups @ABC7NY
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1 year
Some mom time b4 the holiday
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5 years
Cheers!! Done for the day and I got some good news about my friend in Miami! Off the ventilator 🙏 #cheers #IsolationLife #stayhealthy ❤️
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@SamChampion
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5 years
5 years ago by the grace of one vote in @Scotus our #marriage became legal. B4 that, some states wouldn’t have let him in my hospital room. That’s why #votingmatters! #PRIDE2020 #equality #idontforget #happyhusband @EddieWindsor
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5 years
This is @ChrisCuomo ! A dear friend, a good man, a loving husband. father. brother. and son! Get well, my friend, we love you ❤️
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2 years
Ambush Birthday Wake Up Cake is the best thing ever 💥 ❤️ I love you @RubemRobierbArt #aniversario #parabens #birthdayboy #Brazil
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3 years
I would love to have had the gift of your presence for another 99 years… but, if you were happy, and ready. 🙏. Thank you for your life of kindness #BettyWhite
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4 years
The day is done. I voted and I am now drinking. 2020 that’s about enough out of u
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@SamChampion
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9 months
My mom! The kind of gal that at 87 years old gets a hip replacement on #MothersDay ! #Power #Strength proud son!! Motivation to us all to keep moving forward ❤️
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4 years
To “officiate” at my only niece’s wedding!!! My heart is full! ❤️ small, outside. guests in masks. thanks to nurse Sydney 👏 #Congratulations Sydney and Colin!
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6 years
Happy weekend! I am so proud and happy to say I will see you on @ABC7NY #MondayAM #eyewitnessnewsthismorning 🙏 you for all your kindness and support in this super fast move back to #NYC! ❤️ #bringcoffee #firstawake
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4 years
In our wedding vows we promised to make the other’s happiness a priority! I feel so loved by you and I hope you feel just how strongly you are loved ❤️ #happyhusband #iLoveYOU@RubemRobierbArt
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2 years
If you LIED to the people about who you were, what you did, where you went. everything. then YOU were NOT ELECTED .
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1 year
After wedding exhale and love !
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@SamChampion
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4 years
So proud of this new American Citizen! 👇. I still get emotional about this country. a place where hard work and dreams. are our past and our future 🇺🇸 @RubemRobierbArt
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2 years
Time to rest and relax before heading home to #NYC !! So grateful for the incredible experience of #DWTS31 🙌🙌
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1 year
Congratulations to Robin and Amber! What a beautiful ceremony 👇👇👇🥂.
@RobinRoberts
Robin Roberts
1 year
An intimate, magical wedding ceremony in our backyard followed by a joyous reception…ohhhh the dancing!! We are immensely grateful to all for making it a day and a night to remember. Honeymoon here we come!
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1 year
It’s been quite a year! So, sending you our love and wishing you a Merry , safe and Happy Christmas ❤️🎄@RubemRobierbArt #MiamiBeach
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5 years
I got to hug my mother all weekend long. and I know how blessed and lucky I am. ❤️ #steelmagnolia #usmcwife #bestmom @ChampionTeresa knows too
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1 year
Happy Happy New Year! 🎈 🥂 celebrate safely and see you in the #NewYear2024
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2 years
Uh…… I have something to share 🤷‍♂️! Let’s see if I can dance!! #DWTS @GMA wish me luck please!! But this cast is full of the nicest people!
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2 years
Thanks to the @officialdwts weight-loss plan… I’m wearing a suit I haven’t fit into In at least 2years 😂 @ABC7NY @GMA @DisneyPlus . oh and good morning! 😃
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3 years
A nice looong #HUG from Mom was my favorite gift this year! #AllIWantForChristmas #HappyChristmas
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2 years
It’s #prideweekend in #NYC 😃
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4 months
First pass of the knife with Mohs surgery today! Now we wait for results
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@SamChampion
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4 years
Friends. I won’t be in the studio for this storm. Rubem is having emergency dental surgery 1st thing in the am. I will be with him❤️. but, I am following the storm and you. online #becareful #besafe.
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1 year
Good morning! Special weekend ahead! ❤️. When we celebrate love. we re-enforce all the love around us
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2 years
Good morning! From #Virginia visiting Mom #bringcoffee
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3 years
This month in 1988 I got to @ABC7NY ! One year later, I started at @GMA 😳. @ErnieAnastos @KaityTong @JoanLunden not many people left around to remember or celebrate with!!! #34years
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1 year
My Valentine ❤️ ! #celebrateLOVE
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2 years
I’ve had a crush on Valerie Bertinelli since the 70’s…. Both of us being 60’s babies and all… she is so damn cool @Wolfiesmom 😆❤️.
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5 years
Current situation #SaturdayMorning
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7 years
And BTW: being a Christian doesn’t mean a life of judging others. it’s a life of LOVING others. #passitON.
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4 years
This young man joined the @USMC to serve his country. a career #Marine, he would later die from cancer due to #agentorange defoliant sprayed over front line troops in #Vietnam . THIS man is my father, a #Hero #HonorOurVets #voteVets #HEdidnotrunandhide
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3 years
Happy Easter 🐣
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5 years
Time to take down the tree and look ahead to the #NewYear2020 ! Let this be the year you live more, laugh more and love more ❤️
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4 months
Final final👍. We got it all! Thanks to a hard working group of very kind DRs and Nurses! Keep a close eye on your skin… No one knows it better than you… And when you see something you don’t like, make sure you talk to your doctor❤️
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2 years
Good Morning from #rio as #Carnaval2023 #Carnaval begins 🎉
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2 years
Good FRIDAY morning! On the way down to #timessquare see u soon on @GMA @ABC7NY #tgif #bringcoffee
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1 year
Happiest Birthday spot… blessed with my gift @RubemRobierbArt
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4 months
1st time out with “the scar”! I can see the stitches when I look down😂. I was a little self conscious, but completely forgot about it as the time went by 😁! #SkinCancer #skincancerawareness
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5 years
On #NationalComingOutDay . I want you to know you are beautiful. You are acceptable as you are. You are strong enough to face the bigotry and hatred of the world. You will be loved. You will find happiness. You will succeed. You are not alone in this journey🏳️‍🌈❤️
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4 years
Say hi to my little friends (antibodies)! I need to hug Mom, squeeze a few friends, TRAVEL and hit a very crowded dance floor 🕺 #tictoc#waiting
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2 years
Good morning! ☀️
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3 years
Cheers to the weekend, my friends… there are no “easy” weeks these days, but this one may need a few glasses of wine…
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2 years
Damn I love summer mornings! Have a great Friday! #bringcoffee #rooftopgardenNYC
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3 years
This is what we mean by a “perfect morning walk” ☕️. #bringcoffee do you agree. the best part of the day is the quietest 🙌. 📸: @RubemRobierbArt
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11 months
Sharing that first light of the day …and that first cup of coffee . with a friend #goodmorning hope you day is wonderful
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2 years
I love a stormy looking sky!! The colors are fantastic 🙌
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5 years
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2 years
Morning. 🌞 enough sunshine for an ocean swim before the rains! #bringcoffee
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2 years
In #rio I don’t comb my hair 🙌. and no one cares 😁 !! #bomdia #praia #brazil #bringcoffee #teAmoRio
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4 years
Happy Easter 🐣 ☀️
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2 years
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1 year
Happy Birthday @RubemRobierbArt ! This special day reminds me how much better my life is because you are here in the world ❤️ #ambushBirthdayWakeUpCake
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2 years
Good morning! Thanks you guys for the support on this Loooong week ! Finally heading back to the sand to #recharge ! ❤️ #SaturdayMood @ABC7 @GMA @LGAairport @AmericanAir #loungelife
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2 years
@EdKrassen @dnichols214 I love @jonstewart sooooo much.
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11 months
Good morning ☀️ ☕️
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4 years
Spontaneous weekend with MOM ❤️
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1 year
Went right home and slept soooo well! Always good for my soul 🙏 to laugh and smile with you ❤️.
@RobinRoberts
Robin Roberts
1 year
Loved spending quality time tonight with @SamChampion. Good for my soul…always uplifting! Totally worth staying up past bedtime…and we’ll both see you bright and early on @GMA. Nighty night. 😴❤️
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2 years
Happy Birthday Mom ❤️
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2 years
Surprise exterior building inspection in #NYC means tearing out #rooftopgardenNYC !! Sad news! BUT hopefully everything will survive transfer into pots until they finish (6 months) 🥲🥲🥲 ps @nycgov … it’s a new building 💰…and it’s summer… but ok, sure🤷‍♂️
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1 year
While in #brasil we made our US marriage legal here as well! 🙌 almost 13 yers together and I would marry you every day in every country I could ❤️ @RubemRobierbArt
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2 years
Ok. Let’s go… ✈️ NYC !
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2 years
Morning swim b4 plane 🙌
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2 years
Good morning #bringcoffee ☕️
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2 years
OMG we found a baby #seaturtle at sunrise!! . going the wrong way!! And took he/she to the ocean. #bestDayEver #sunrise #bringcoffee @turtlenews @conserveturtles @nature_org 🙌🙌🙌 @RubemRobierbArt
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1 year
On a mild ,sunny, fall day 😁🍁
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2 years
Early travel = empty airports #bringcoffee
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10 months
Morning!! Just staring at the ocean and not really moving 🌊 ❤️
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5 years
a part of real New York history 🙏.
@BenStiller
Ben Stiller
5 years
I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes. He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.
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2 years
Good morning ☕️ we slept super late 😂 #bringcoffee weekend in #WashingtonDC
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2 years
A couple of beach bums in #leblon #Ipanema #bringcoffee
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1 year
Quick trip to @GMA !! Then home for Christmas 🎄!! #besafe #bringcoffee r
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2 years
Good #Saturday morning! #bringcoffee #wynwooding on a beautiful/ breezy #miami morning ❤️. Have a good weekend
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2 years
Early am beach walk! August is a different feel in #Rio. it’s the “winter season” but every day has been spectacular in the 80’s… #bringcoffee #beachhair
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1 year
A Saturday morning snowfall in Central Park. How beautiful.
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10 months
Look what @RubemRobierbArt found!!!!! 👇👇. From our wedding day!! In 2012 ! ❤️❤️❤️
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2 years
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2 years
I was always nervous about pictures of my body… always feeling “heavy” , I would try to hide when I spotted the cameras. I’d like to think I’m less critical of myself now 🤷‍♂️
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2 years
Morning #bringcoffee and see ya on 🧵
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2 years
Morning! #bringcoffee #TGIF
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2 years
Too many Americans are dying from gun violence. if you are a politician, it’s not your job to take money from the gun lobby. it’s your job to protect Americans.
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1 year
If u need me. phone is off ❤️
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2 years
First dance lesson is tomorrow with @CherylBurke !! Any tips or advice welcome! Cheryl says relax and get outta my head… #DWTS #DWTS31
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5 years
Then and now! Mom was always firm on right/wrong! Crucial guideposts for tough times and decisions! #HappyMothersDay Miss Sylvia ( as Dad often called her) Always beautiful, her response. ”pretty is as pretty does”
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9 months
Just a few hours of gardening before the clouds roll in!! #rooftopgardenNYC @RubemRobierbArt #bringcoffee
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2 years
Good Morning and happy #LaborDayWeekend #bringcoffee ❤️
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11 months
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7 years
Merry Christmas! A time to remember GOD’s love has battled the darkness of cruelty and hatred before. and will win again! #seasonOfLove
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2 years
Good Morning!! ☀️ ❤️☕️
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1 year
Good morning and happy weekend! #bringcoffee
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5 years
Happy Friday from #NYC. Thankful for a day to spend in the garden while isolating. here it feels happy and peaceful ❤️ #bringcoffee
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2 years
Shaking out the nerves. Imagine this to “ push it push it good” @TheSaltNPepa #pushit #NYCinthehouse #bringcoffee @RubemRobierbArt
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2 years
When friends show up in the dark hours of early AM to wish you well!! Thank YOU @LaraSpencer @GMA @officialdwts @DisneyPlus
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7 months
Grand Central Terminal for some AC and some #ciprianidolci #ILOVENYC
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2 years
Soaking up the stillness. #goodmorning #bringcoffee
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