Sam Champion’s Good Morning America return praised by fans during Ginger Zee’s absence after she posted show update
SAM Champion has returned to Good Morning America - much to the delight of his fans.
The show's current chief meteorologist Ginger Zee has been off-air since Monday, leading viewers to question where she has gone.
But others have also flocked to Twitter to share their delight that Champion - who started his career as the weekend weatherman but worked his way to becoming the lead anchor of GMA - is back.
One wrote: "Doing again today Sam? I when you're standing in for !"
Another added: "Gosh so good to see you...you look great!! Love but, miss your great laugh 1st thing in the morning."
Others said his return made them "happy and nostalgic."
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Champion left ABC in 2012 and became the managing editor of the Weather Channel.
It was here that he created his own morning show, as well as a climate interview program.
Since leaving the Weather Channel, Champion has returned to WABC-TV where he acts as the weekday morning and evening weather anchor.
Current GMA host Ginger posted an update on the show's set on her Instagram page last week.
She wrote: "Congrats to our stage crew who worked day & night to get this together!"
Since then she has shared footage of her out on the road in Mississippi and of storm damage to homes.
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She also shared footage showing bolts of lightning shooting upwards from the ground and a birthday post to her aunt.
But Zee has not posted to her more than one million fans since Sunday when she shared a clip of getting her hair cut in the studio.
She has also not tweeted since April 1 and fellow meteorologist Kevin Skarupa said on Wednesday: "I miss ."
Another fan wrote: "Missing your tweets. Have you gone off-grid? Hope not."
Another added: "Where is ? Not a tweet all week and severe weather everywhere."
On Tuesday she spoke at a conference in Las Vegas about mental health.
Ginger is to have told the audience: "We are not all in the same boat, but we are in the same storm."
She added: "I think we’ve gotten better, but the stigma is now on the action.
"Therapy is cool now, everyone is on board with getting therapy. But when you have to get hospitalized, eyebrows go up. But that’s when you get help [if] therapy can’t do it."
Ginger has been open about her own mental health battles, revealing in 2020 that she attempted suicide twice during her television news career.
It remains unclear why Zee - who is married to husband Ben Aaron and has two children - is not on the show this week.
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Deadly storms have hit Georgia and South Carolina this week, leaving a trail of destruction in their path.
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The US Sun has reached out to ABC for comment.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
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