Sam Champion just had emergency heart surgery!
Over the weekend, the Good Morning America weatherman took to Instagram to announce he had been hospitalized in an emergency situation for a heart condition. Alongside a photo of him waving to the camera from his hospital bed, he wrote:
“Thank you Dr. Stam Lerakis and Dr. Sharma and the WONDERFUL team of nurses at @mountsinaimedicalcenter Fuster Heart Hospital ! Many of you know I had a nuclear stress test last Thursday. And we found some things that needed to be taken care of”
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Without specifically naming exactly what it was that “needed to be taken care of,” he revealed he underwent surgery:
“So today. I went in to the cardiac catheterization laboratory….. and we took care of it. Thanks to these procedures.”
Luckily, the 64-year-old noted he’s “well” and is “expected to make a full recovery.”
Thank goodness!
In his comments section, Sam’s husband of 14 years Rubem Robierb dropped a relieved set of sparkles and raised-hands emojis. Sam sweetly responded:
“I love you, my baby”
See more reactions from others in the news space (below):
Robin Roberts: “You know [I’m] here if you need anything at all! Speedy recovery on the way!”
Al Roker: “Sam The Man. Glad you are on the mend, my friend”
Dani Beckstrom: “I need to visit the cardiac care center after seeing this. SO glad you are okay. We need you around for 26385926385 more years.”
Lee Goldberg: “Sometimes a supercar needs a tune-up. So glad you’re good my friend.”
Sam’s heart condition comes less than two years after he opened up about a battle with skin cancer in an October 2024 episode of GMA.
We wish him the best of health on his recovery journey!
[Images via ABC/YouTube]
