‘GMA’ George Stephanopoulos Shocks With On-Air Goodbye

In an on-air shocker, George Stephanopoulos revealed that a longtime, valued member of the Good Morning America (GMA) family would be exiting the show. Which member of the GMA family was leaving the show? Keep reading for all the details of this shocking on-air goodbye.

GMA: George Stephanopoulos Shocks With On-Air Goodbye

During Friday’s live broadcast of GMA, George Stephanopoulos revealed that they were saying goodbye to a treasured member of their family who has spent the last four decades working for ABC. The 62-year-old revealed that their colleague, Scott Snyder, was leaving the show.

George stood surrounded by his GMA female colleagues Deborah Roberts, Rebecca Jarvis, Lara Spencer, and Ginger Zee as he broke the sand news on-air and said goodbye to Scott.

George Stephanopoulos explained that the entire GMA family wanted to say goodbye to Scott and thank you for his time with the show. The camera, then, panned over to Scott Snyder (who was standing off to the side).

An eruption of applause could be heard echoing across the entire room as everyone joined in saying goodbye to Scott who had worked with ABC for 44 years before making the decision to retire.

George Stephanopoulos proceeded to tell everyone that this camera operator would be missed as he was one who started every single day with a smile. The GMA host encouraged Scott to flash his bright smile for the camera as he boasted about how incredible Scott was.

During the on-air goodbye, there was a photo that flashed on the screen for a few moments of Scott Snyder standing beside Robin Roberts as he said goodbye to the network and his GMA family.

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Goodbye Tributes Poured In

Al Roker’s beautiful wife, Deborah Roberts, even took to social media later that take to share a photo of herself with Scott. In her tribute, she gushed over the friendship that she had built with him and admitted he would be missed. Deborah explained that Scott was a “ray of sunshine” to work with and a true gentleman as well.

Overall, it seemed as if various members of the Good Morning America family had nothing but good things to say about Scott as they wished him luck on his retirement and the next chapter of his life.

Goodbyes from viewers at home poured into the comments of various social media platforms. Many GMA viewers thought it was sweet of George Stephanopoulos and the ladies of GMA to take the time to say goodbye to someone who had been with the network for so long while always working behind the cameras and out of the public eye.

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