Stephanopoulos

George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American journalist, television host, and former political adviser. He is a longtime ABC News anchor, host of the Sunday public affairs program This Week, and co-anchor of Good Morning America. He previously served as White House Communications Director under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1995.

Stephanopoulos was born in Fall River, Massachusetts to a Greek-American family and earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 1982.

After leaving government, he joined ABC News in 1999 as chief Washington correspondent and quickly became a prominent political interviewer and anchor. He began hosting This Week in 2002 and became co-anchor of Good Morning America in 2009. He has covered major political campaigns, national elections, and international events, and has conducted many high-profile interviews.

He has received multiple journalism awards, including Emmy Awards, for his reporting and anchoring.

In 2021, it was disclosed that he had donated to the Clinton Foundation and had not disclosed it in interviews with Hillary Clinton; he apologized and said he would recuse himself from coverage involving donors to the foundation.

Stephanopoulos is married to actress Ali Wentworth; the couple has two children and resides in New York City.