Robin Roberts makes exciting announcement with partner Amber Laign

Robin Roberts had a difficult night she had to get herself ready for, and she has taken fans along on the process as she mourns the death of a good friend.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleSince Naomi Judd's passing at the end of April, Robin has taken to Instagram to share heartfelt tributes to the late country star, as well as sending her condolences to her daughters, Ashley and Wynonna Judd.Now the star revealed she was partaking in an emotional – albeit beautiful – part of the grieving process, honoring the singer with a television special celebrating her life.WATCH: Robin reveals latest career milestoneMORE: Robin Roberts shares emotional family update on Mother's DayRobin was one of many celebrities and artists who participated in the live-streamed memorial, which was titled "Naomi Judd: A River of Time."She captioned a picture of her preparations for the ceremony with: "Back in my dressing room. Rehearsals from all the artists were absolutely beautiful.

Naomi Judd was remembered with love and admiration in CMT and Sandbox Live’s “Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration,” a public memorial at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, with her daughters Ashley and Wynonna, along with “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts hosting the tear-filled event.“Thank you for being in community and fellowship with us,” Ashley said taking the stage and receiving a standing ovation. “Because we can pretend to care, but we cannot pretend to show up.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRobin Roberts will be honored by Covenant House with this year’s Beacon of Hope Award.The “Good Morning America” host will be recognized by the organization, which fights youth homelessness and trafficking, at the Night of Covenant House Stars Gala on May 23 at Chelsea Industrial in New York City.The evening, which will also celebrate Covenant House’s 50th anniversary, will include a performance from Darren Criss and appearances by Audra McDonald, The Kid Mero, Jason Ralph, Krysta Rodriguez and John Dickerson.“Over the past two years, Covenant House has remained open 24/7 in 33 cities across six countries,” Covenant House president Kevin Ryan said in a statement on Monday morning. “While the pandemic introduced new challenges, we stayed committed to helping homeless youth in any way that we could.

The country music community gathered today at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to remember one of their own. As it might be expected, the best way to honor and memorialize one of the genre’s greatest hitmakers was found in song.

Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Naomi Judd will be honored with a memorial presented by CMT on May 15 at 5 p.m.

Mother's Day proved to be an emotional affair for Robin Roberts as she took the occasion to remember her own late mother.MORE: GMA's Robin Roberts says she's 'so grateful' as she makes career announcementThe Good Morning America anchor took to social media to share a heartbreaking family anecdote on the occasion that involved her sister Sally-Ann Roberts.VIDEO: Robin Roberts breaks down crying in rare comments about her childhoodShe posted on Instagram that her sister had shared a Mother's Day prayer in honor of their own mom, Lucimarian Roberts, who passed away in 2012."My dear sister @sallyann_roberts shared this prayer with our family this morning," Robin wrote. "Thinking of our beloved momma cheering us on from her Heavenly balcony.

Lara Spencer is quite close to her family, and had a loving moment on the air as she was able to bring a special person with her.MORE: Lara Spencer poses in a mini-dress for whimsical waterside photographThe Good Morning America host brought her mother Carolyn on the latest installment of the show in honor of Mother's Day this coming Sunday.VIDEO: Lara Spencer and daughter perform jaw-dropping stunt in matching swimwearShe and her mom posed alongside two stormtroopers, who were present during GMA's Star Wars Day celebration, writing: "May the Fourth be with you. Love, mom and me."Fans quickly began to gush over the two and how happy they looked posing together, however many clearly felt like Carolyn stole the show.MORE: GMA's Lara Spencer is pretty in pink for CMA Awards throwbackOne fan wrote: "Love your look today Lara & your mom's a cutie," with another saying: "Oh my gosh, your Mom looks AMAZING!!" A colleague of hers even added: "Bunch of total troopers right there.

An open book. Naomi Judd was vocal about her battle with mental illness and depression before her April 2022 death at the age of 76.

Robin Roberts had an emotional start to the week as she took to the air to mourn the loss of a country music legend.MORE: Robin Roberts in tears as she makes confession about partner Amber LaignThe Good Morning America host joined co-stars George Stephanopoulos and TJ Holmes in honoring the life and legacy of Naomi Judd, who passed away last week.VIDEO: Robin Roberts bids farewell to Good Morning AmericaThe musician was remembered via a segment presented by Janai Norman, where they reminisced over some of her greatest performances and spoke of her journey and struggles with mental health.Clips from a 2016 interview with Robin were even shown, where Naomi opened up about her severe clinical depression diagnosis and her willingness to open up about her troubles.MORE: Robin Roberts makes exciting announcement with partner Amber LaignAfter finishing the segment, Janai turned to Robin and said: "This must be surreal for you to have seen her open up about her illness for her daughters to then say that was the illness that took her life."Robin was already in tears throughout the segment, responding: "It was something, I can't remember the last time hearing about something that just put me on the floor.A post shared by Robin Roberts (@robinrobertsgma)Robin spoke of her sadness over Naomi Judd's untimely passing"Being with her in 2016, in her beautiful home in Tennessee, she was so open," she continued, applauding the late singer for being so open to talking about her illness so as to raise awareness.The ABC host also shared an anecdote, explaining: "She was also so kind.

Robin Roberts often shares snippets of her life on social media, and her fans know only too well that she lives with her partner Amber Laign and their beloved rescue dog, Lukas.MORE: Robin Roberts makes heartbreaking revelation about partner AmberLukas was adopted by the couple from the North Shore Animal League, where her co-star Lara Spencer also found her beloved dog.And on Thursday's Good Morning America, the 61-year-old revealed that Lara was trying to convince her to adopt again, after she met an adorable puppy named Keeley who was looking for a home.VIDEO: Robin Roberts marks incredible work milestone on GMATaking to Instagram after the show, Robin shared a photo of herself cuddling up to Keeley, alongside the caption: "Meet Keeley…visiting us today on @goodmorningamerica with our friends from @animalleague. Part of the global Adoptathon running throughout May.

Emotional support. Robin Roberts got choked up when discussing partner Amber Laign’s current battle with breast cancer — a journey the Good Morning America host, herself a breast cancer survivor, knows all too well.

Robin Roberts is getting candid about her partner Amber Laign’s breast cancer battle.

came out as part of the LGBTQ community in 2013 and has been in a relationship with partner Amber Laign since 2005.The “Good Morning America” anchor appears on Monday’s episode “The Ellen Show,” where she recalled the time the White House rung her up for an interview with the Commander in Chief.“There was a possibility that [he] would change his stance on marriage equality,” the ABC star explained to host Ellen DeGeneres, 64. “I had not been public yet about being gay, and I was afraid that I might be outed, that people might wonder — ‘Why is she the one interviewing the president when he’s making this change in his stance?’ ”However, Roberts said she later decided to take the gig and realized it was a big opportunity for her.The Alabama native continued, “It was kind of like a scene out of ‘Moonstruck.’ [I thought] ‘Snap out of it; Robin, what are you thinking? It’s not about you.

Robin Roberts is opening up about her partner Amber Laign‘s cancer diagnosis.

Robin Roberts is opening up about her partner Amber’s breast cancer diagnosis.

Robin Roberts had some incredible news to celebrate early on Thursday morning before waking up with the nation on Good Morning America.MORE: Robin Roberts shares special present from Gayle KingThe host delivered her usual morning wisdom videos along with her glam fam, and when they finished with the prayer, she shared a big development with her fans.VIDEO: Robin Roberts bids farewell to Good Morning AmericaAfter talking about what they were thankful for, she brought out her newly released book, Brighter By the Day, and said: "You know what I'm most grateful for?"This book, dedicated and inspired by you, [hit the] New York Time bestsellers list. We found out last night."MORE: Exclusive: Robin Roberts opens up about the moment she thought she'd get fired from GMAHer team immediately started cheering and applauding for her.

Robin Roberts revealed that there is quite the close camaraderie between the stars of daytime television, sharing that she had a close companion on a different network.MORE: Robin Roberts and Gayle King leave fans stunned with photos from latest appearanceThe Good Morning America star took to her Instagram Stories to show that she had been given a special present by CBS Mornings' Gayle King.VIDEO: Robin Roberts bids farewell to Good Morning AmericaShe posted a picture of the beautiful bouquet that she was sent by the morning news star, featuring a multitude of colors and a variety of flowers."The sweet sisterhood of morning television," she wrote. "Thank you @gayleking! Not just brighter by the day but brighter by the month!"MORE: Exclusive: Robin Roberts opens up about the moment she thought she'd get fired from GMAMORE: Robin Roberts shares 'difficult' health update on partner Amber after cancer diagnosisThe TV hosts have had a close friendship over the years, having been significant and beloved parts of the morning news fraternity.The flowers acted as a congratulatory present from Gayle not only for Robin's impressive tenure on GMA, having only recently completed 20 years on the show, but also for the release of her latest book, Brighter By the Day.

Robin Roberts has had a storied career as one of the anchors of Good Morning America, but she recently revealed a moment that she thought would cost her the seat altogether.MORE: Robin Roberts shares 'difficult' health update on partner Amber after cancer diagnosisIn an interview with theSkimm's 9 to 5ish podcast, the TV host talked about covering Hurricane Katrina back in 2005 and how emotional the ordeal proved to be for her.VIDEO: Robin Roberts bids farewell to Good Morning AmericaIn quotes exclusively obtained by HELLO!, Robin said: "It was Charlie [Gibson] who said at the end of the report, 'Robin, when you left here, you hadn't made contact with your family. Were you able to do so?'"She then shared: "And I'm telling you, I just ugly cried.

Taylor Swift is buggin'!The pop star is so popular that she now has a millipede named after her. Really, she does… and it's Sweeter Than Fiction.A Virginia Tech entomologist named Derek Hennen recently announced that a millipede commonly found in the Appalachian Mountains was named "Nannaria swiftae" in honor of the "Betty" singer. (Call It What You Want, Derek!)The bug was one of 17 new species of millipede discovered in the mountainous region. It's reportedly vital for decomposition and nutrients spread in wooded ecosystems.

Entertainment Tonight that the decision was made because of "complications with the chemotherapy.""They're working it out. We're gonna figure it out. The prognosis is still very good," Robin said.