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Gio Benitez | |
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Born | Giovani Benitez October 29, 1985 |
Alma mater | Florida International University (BA) |
Years active | 2009–present |
Agent | United Talent Agency |
Known for | Television 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]
On September 8, 2020, he hosted a special season finale for the sixteenth season of the ABC program What Would You Do? . [3] [4]
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 ]
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]
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]