Gio Benitez

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Gio Benitez
Born
Giovani Benitez

(1985-10-29) October 29, 1985 (age 39)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater Florida International University (BA)
Years active2009–present
Agent United Talent Agency
Known forTelevision reporter
Spouse
Tommy DiDario
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(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 ]

Good morning America and GMA Weekend

Benitez hosted a GMA "United States of Breakfast" cooking competition in Boston between chefs Solomon Sidell and Robin Sidell. He reported live from Quincy Market during the summer of 2023. [6]

Personal life

Benitez is openly gay; he became engaged to his partner Tommy DiDario on September 17, 2015, in Paris. [7] They married in a Miami ceremony on April 16, 2016. [1] [8] DiDario is a fitness trainer and Instagram influencer who has also appeared on television shows, including Rachael Ray . [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Shatto, Rachel (May 16, 2023). "35 Sexy Pics of GMA's Gio Benitez & Husband Tommy DiDario". Pride. Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  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.
  4. ↑ Regina Avalos (September 8, 2020). "What Would You Do?: Season 16 Ends Tonight with Special Episode on ABC". TV Series Finale. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ Congote, Melody (19 July 2018). "Being an immigrant covering immigration has its advantages, journalists say". Latino Reporter.
  6. ↑ https://www.wcvb.com/article/gma-gio-benitez-in-boston-sampling-mass-breakfast-favorites/44363831
  7. ↑ Lawler, Kelly (September 18, 2015). "ABC News' Gio Benitez engaged to boyfriend". USA Today . Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Maslow, Nick (April 16, 2016). "ABC's Gio Benitez Marries Tommy DiDario in Romantic Miami Wedding: 'We Are So Moved and Humbled'". People . Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Tommy DiDario's Personal Website" . Retrieved July 24, 2020.


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