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
(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]

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