He’s a new co-anchor at the weekend edition of a.m. juggernaut Good Morning America, but Gio Benitez is shy about acknowledging he’s at the top of his game.
The 37-year-old gay, married, multiple Emmy-winning journalist from Miami has been at ABC News since 2013, reporting stories for all the division’s programs and platforms, including World News Tonight, 20/20, and Nightline and most recently holding the title of transportation correspondent before being promoted, now adding weekend co-anchor of the channel’s flagship morning program, Good Morning America, to his CV.
One morning in July, Benitez called me and started a conversation like we were old friends.
“It’s nice to chat with my Twitter buddy,” he said. (Our interactions had been limited to DMs until then despite having friends in the same circles.)
Benitez thanked me for an article I wrote for when news of his prestigious new position broke in May. Before the promotion, Benitez had been temporarily co-hosting, following the suspension (and eventual firing) of former anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes after their affair went public. That tumult seemed far away during our conversation.
