Gio Benitez

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Gio Benitez
Born
Giovani Benitez

(1985-10-29) October 29, 1985 (age 38)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater Florida International University (BA)
Years active2009–present
Agent United Talent Agency
Known forTelevision reporter
Spouse
Tommy DiDario
​
(m. 2016)​

Giovani "Gio" Benitez (born October 29, 1985) is an American broadcast journalist and correspondent for ABC News, who appears on Good Morning America , World News Tonight , 20/20 , and Nightline . He also hosts the Fusion collaboration version of Nightline. He has won three television news Emmy awards. [1] On April 9, 2020, he was promoted to Transportation Correspondent, operating from New York and DC. [2]

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On September 8, 2020, he hosted a special season finale for the sixteenth season of the ABC program What Would You Do? . [3] [4]

Early life

Benitez was born in Miami to a family who immigrated to the United States from Cuba. [5] He graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in 2004; and in 2008, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and sociology from Florida International University. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Benitez is openly gay, he became engaged to his partner Tommy DiDario on September 17, 2015, in Paris. [6] They married in a Miami ceremony on April 16, 2016. [1] [7] DiDario is a fitness trainer and Instagram influencer who has also appeared on television shows, including Rachael Ray . [8]

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  2. ↑ "ABC News Announces Gio Benitez Promoted To Transportation Correspondent". ABC News Public Relations Blog. April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "ABC Presents A Two-Hour WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Event With The Season Finale". BroadwayWorld . September 5, 2020. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020.
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  5. ↑ Congote, Melody (19 July 2018). "Being an immigrant covering immigration has its advantages, journalists say". Latino Reporter.
  6. ↑ Lawler, Kelly. "ABC News' Gio Benitez engaged to boyfriend". USA Today . Retrieved September 19, 2015.
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  8. ↑ "Tommy DiDario's Personal Website" . Retrieved July 24, 2020.


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