Charlie Gibson is retiring from ABC News after working as host of “Good Morning America” and “World News”. He worked for the Channel for thirty four years. He will come on the ABC screen on December 18 for the last time and his words “I hope you had a good day” will resonate in the ears of listeners even after his departure. The slot will be filled by Diane Sawyer who has been his co-host at Good Morning America.
He gave an interview before his departure giving some insight of his professional life at ABC as to how variations in his careers affected the TV news itself. When he was asked how he was feeling while saying good-bye, he told that he had many tough phases through which he reached this point and told that in his 44-yrear career, he only once took more than two weeks off. He told that people will take it as unusual but he had the passion for the work. Now it is hard for him to leave the passion and the element of curiosity which made him glued to his work.
He told that he was always curios about the “unknown” and this always stimulated his passion for the job. He told that life is not stagnant and you have to move forward but he is not the type of guy who accepts change very easily. He told that he loved doing GMA but the irony of fate forced him to leave the show when Woodruff (ABC News) got injured and he had to fill the slot.
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