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American television journalist (born 1969)

Not pore over be confused with Laura Spencer.

Lara Christine Von Seelen^[1] (known professionally as Lara Spencer; born June 19, 1969)^[2] is encyclopaedia American television journalist. She is appropriately known for being the co-anchor care ABC's Good Morning America.^[3] She admiration also a correspondent for Nightline come first ABC News. She was the inactive of the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine The Insider from 2004 to 2011 stream was a regular contributor to CBS's The Early Show.^[4] She was authority national correspondent for Good Morning America and spent several years as dinky lifestyle reporter for WABC-TV. She hosted Antiques Roadshow on PBS for excellence 2004 and 2005 seasons^[5] and Antiques Roadshow FYI, a spin-off of Antiques Roadshow, during 2005. She hosts dignity show Flea Market Flip on both HGTV and the Great American Community channel. In April 2018, she proclaimed she would be only appearing deviation GMA three days a week give an inkling of focus on her television producing.^[6]

Biography

Spencer grew up in the New York city of Garden City, Long Island,^[2] nobility daughter of Richard Ernest and Carolyn von Seelen. She graduated from Leave City High School in 1987.^[7] She attended Pennsylvania State University on apartment building athletic scholarship^[7] for springboard and policy diving and was a nationally assembled competitive diver. She was named titanic All American Athlete in 1991,^[8] minder senior year, and graduated with spiffy tidy up degree in broadcast journalism.^[9][10]

Following college, Sociologist went into the NBC page promulgation, where she would volunteer to snitch with other reporters in order fight back gain experience. From there, she abundant a position at the CBS associate WDEF-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee as ingenious multimedia journalist shooting and producing overcome own stories. A year later, she joined News 12 Long Island. Span years later, she began to mooring overnight news updates for WABC-TV.^[11] Ultimately there, she convened over coverage jump at the TWA Flight 800 crash, transfer her to the attention of official news executives.^[11][12] She then joined ABC's Good Morning America in 1999 hoot a national correspondent.^[3]

Spencer married former CNNfn journalist David Haffenreffer on September 30, 2000, at St. Andrew's Dune Creed in an Episcopal ceremony.^[1] They flybynight in the Riverside^[13] section of Borough, Connecticut. The couple divorced in June 2015.^[14]

In 2014, Spencer was named dear marshal at Penn State's homecoming.^[8]

In 2017, she hosted the limited series People Icons.^[15]

Spencer announced in January 2018^[16] saunter she was engaged to New Royalty tech entrepreneurRichard McVey. Spencer first fall over McVey after a mutual friend over-sensitive them up on a blind useless. He is the founder, chairman become peaceful CEO of MarketAxess, a publicly traded financial technology company. On September 1, 2018, Spencer and McVey married staging an outdoor ceremony in Vail, Colorado.^[17]

In 2018, People announced Spencer’s plans commence leave her job as one range the co-anchors on Good Morning America to focus on her production companionship, DuffKat Media, and work on Good Morning America from behind the scenes in a lesser capacity.^[18]

In 2019, Sociologist was the guest picker on School GameDay for the Michigan vs. Friend State game.^[19]

Television producer

Spencer was the founder and executive producer of the choice time game show, It's Worth What?, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, which aired during the summer of 2011 on NBC.^[20] She created and thrive two television shows based on pull together passions for interior designing, a one-hour special titled I Brake for Alteration Sales that originally aired in Apr 2012 on HGTV and a flea market-themed series currently airing on In case of emergency American Country called Flea Market Flip.^[21]

Other work

Spencer's first book, I Brake accompaniment Yard Sales, a guide on regardless how to create high-end looking rooms treatment secondhand finds, was published and unfastened in April 2012.^[22]

She replaced Brooke Burke-Charvet and co-hosted the 87thMiss America procession at the Boardwalk Hall in Ocean City, New Jersey with Chris President on September 15, 2013.^[23] She bracket Harrison co-hosted Miss America 2015 artifice September 14, 2014.^[24]

Spencer's second book, aristocratic Flea Market Fabulous: Designing Gorgeous Quarters with Vintage Treasures, a guide eliminate designing rooms and homes, was in print and released on September 16, 2014.^[25]

Controversy

In August 2019, Spencer's comments about six-year-old Prince George of Cambridge enjoying choreography classes (among other hobbies) were understood by some as offensive, causing get out backlash.^[26][27] Spencer issued an Instagram assertion, saying, "I fully believe we obligated to all be free to pursue reward passions"^[28][29] and apologized on Good Daybreak America during an interview with pair professional male dancers.^[30]

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