GMA's Robin Roberts Celebrates Sweet Amber's Birthday Over Vacation
- ‘GMA’ host Robin Roberts, 61, surprised her partner Amber Laign, 48, during vacation as she recovers from breast cancer treatment.
- The couple spent nearly two weeks sailing though Italy and Croatia.
- Roberts arranged a birthday surprise of dinner and singing on a luxury yacht for Amber, who turned 48 on September 6th.
- The television star went through treatment for breast cancer in 2007.
- Amber’s breast cancer diagnosis came earlier this year.
During the couple's nearly two week vacation sailing though Italy and Croatia, Roberts arranged a birthday surprise for Amber, who turned 48 on September 6th.
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“On the eve of Sweet Amber’s birthday our chef had 2 surprises for her, a delicious cake AND an incredible singing voice!!,” Roberts wrote on Instagram, with a video of the celebration that had the hashtags "Virgo Season" and "Sunday Vibes."View this post on Instagram
Roberts added, "Great send off before our journey back home,” revealing that she would soon be back on television screens.
Fans of Roberts, including some of the nearly 800-thousand Instagram followers, commented on the video, with one writing, “Oh I bet that cake was delish! Happy Birthday Sweet Amber.”
Another one wrote, "Sweet Amber you have the world!” followed by, “A very Happy Birthday to Sweet Amber! Glad to see you’re doing well!”
And yet another follower chimed in, “Wishing you both every happiness! You all deserve it!”
Before the fabulous yacht dinner, the couple and their friends spent the day strolling through Dubrovnik, Croatia, and visiting King’s Landing, the famous set for Game of Thrones.
Robin And Amber Take Turns Fighting Breast Cancer
Roberts, a Tuskegee, Alabama, native, went through treatment for breast cancer in 2007.
Then in 2012, she underwent a bone marrow transplant after developing a secondary blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
Robin’s initial diagnosis came after she discovered a lump while preparing for a news segment on performing self-checks.
"At first I thought, 'This can't be. I am a young, healthy woman,'" Roberts said on ‘GMA’ at the time.
Her partner, Amber or “Sweet Amber” as Robin calls her, helped Robin by discovering various oils to manage her symptoms.
Now it’s Robin’s turn.
Amber has been battling breast cancer for months, with Robin serving as her caregiver.
The NYC journalist has been taking some time off work to be there for her love, as Amber was there for Robin when she battled breast cancer followed by MDS.
Roberts credits early detection and her faith for getting her through both of her cancer battles, and now she is continuing to lean on her faith as she helps Amber through her own journey.
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The Importance of Fun & Gratitude
Robin Roberts loves to have fun, and that’s evident in this video clip she shared of her dancing goodbye around the studio, blowing kisses to her colleagues.
Dr. Zuri Murrell, a colorectal surgeon at Cedars-Sinai, tells us in a previous interview how gratitude and positivity, like Robin’s, can positively impact the cancer journey. He says, “My patients who thrive, even with stage 4 cancer, from the time that they, about a month after they’re diagnosed, I kind of am pretty good at seeing who is going to be OK.”
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“Now doesn’t that mean I’m good at saying that the cancer won’t grow,” he says. “But I’m pretty good at telling what kind of patient are going to still have this attitude and probably going to live the longest, even with bad, bad disease. And those are patients who, they have gratitude in life.”
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