Sam Champion is engaged to be married

[Dollypop]

It took him long enough to come out of the closet.

Wishing great happiness to the couple!
Sam Champion

[Tom1071]

Sam Champion was never in the closet. Much like Anderson Cooper, he just didn't offer up the information to the general public but it's been pretty common knowledge among the gay community here in NYC.

[FindingNamo]

God almighty. The plastic surgery.

[Tom1071]

That certainly cannot be disputed! He's 51.

[FindingNamo]

What do people do to themselves? He looks like Hermy the Dentist crossed with Wayland Flowers.

[SonofRobbieJ]

^ And for that, you can put your hand up my ass and call me Madame.

[DottieD'Luscia]

And his fiance pictured certainly isn't the same guy that someone posted a photo of here a few months ago.

This is the guy I was thinking of:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7138324-sam-champion-married-to-boyfriend-shawn-bell

[PalJoey]

Mazel tov to Sam and Rubem!

[TheatreDiva90016]

He's so shiny and plastic looking!

[ArtMan]

Might be a bad picture. He's actually quite handsome in person.

[Jungle Red]

Double post.

BWW told me there was an error, so I did it again.

[Jungle Red]

He's a brand new Ken doll!

Congrats to both. Happy wishes. Live long and prosper.

[Wynbish]

[Dollypop]

Interesting how today's GMA had lots of congratulations for Sam and it was obvious that Rubem was in the studio because there were live shots of him. Oddly enough, Rubrem wasn't invited to join everyone on the set. George S's wife has been on the set, so has Josh Elliot's daughter. Virtually all of Robin Roberts' family has been called out of the wings at various times. Lara Spencer's family would certainly be called to join the anchors on a happy occasion--but not Rubem. Was ABC scared that it might result in a same-sex kiss between the engaged couple?

It's nice that ABC is being so open about Sam's engagement. Still, they're scardy cats.

[TheatreDiva90016]

You seem to spend a awful lot of time wondering.

[ljay889]

He used to be so handsome. Now he just looks so.... fake.

[FindingNamo]

If only GMA were as loving, supportive and on-the-record accepting as Dollypop's Catholic parish!

[DAME]

Oh is he Catholic? I always think of him as a Hadassah and Sisterhood card member.

[PalJoey]

To quote an old Yiddish saying: "You don't have to be Jewish to be a yenta and a kvetch."

[dramamama611]

Maybe he didn't WANT to be on camera. Not everyone is an attention whore. Why blame the station when you don't know that to be the case???

[Dollypop]

He WAS on camera--just not on the same set that Sam was. If he was camera shy it didn't show because he was waving like crazy.

[PalJoey]

Dollypop--why are you making something lovely into something nasty?

[Reginald Tresilian]

I don't see a reason to feel anything other than happy for them.