Helena Christensen pays tribute to 'magical' lookalike son Mingus, 22. 'I'm so lucky to have you': Brooklyn Beckham shares a gushing post as he plants a kiss on wife Nicola Peltz's cheek 'And it was at that moment I said, 'I'm gonna stop letting fear keep me from doing the things I want to do.'' This man is going to impact countless lives. ' 'Snap out of it, Robin, what are you thinking? It's not about you. 'It was kind of like a scene out of Moonstruck,' she said. 'I had not been public yet about being gay, and I was afraid that I might be outed, that people might wonder, 'Why is she the one interviewing the president when he's making this change in his stance?' Roberts, who has been in a relationship with marriage counselor Amber Laign for about 17 years, recounted.īut, she said, she later decided it would be a big opportunity for her to conduct the interview, and agreed to it. She told host Ellen DeGeneres, she worried when the White House first reached out to her about doing the interview and rumors spread that the president would change his stance on marriage equality. Roberts, 61, spoke about her concerns surrounding the 2012 interview and his historic announcement that he supported same-sex marriage on Monday's episode of The Ellen Show. Good Morning America host Robin Roberts was originally afraid to interview former President Barack Obama on his changing stance about marriage equality in 2012, as she had not yet come out as gay, she has revealed.