Giovani "Gio" Benitez (born October 29, 1985) is an American broadcast journalist and correspondent for

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, who appears on ''

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'', '' World News Tonight'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also hosts the Fusion collaboration version of ''Nightline''. He has won three television news

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awards. On April 9, 2020, he was promoted to Transportation Correspondent, operating from New York and DC. On September 8, 2020, he hosted a special season finale for the sixteenth season of the ABC program '' What Would You Do?''.

Early life

Benitez was born in

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to a family who immigrated to the United States from

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. He graduated from

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degree in anthropology and sociology from

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. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Good morning America and GMA Weekend

Benitez hosted a GMA "United States of Breakfast" cooking competition in Boston between chefs Solomon Sidell and Robin Sidell. He reported live from

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during the summer of 2023.

Personal life

Benitez is openly gay; he became engaged to his partner Tommy DiDario on September 17, 2015, in Paris. They married in a

ceremony on April 16, 2016. DiDario is a

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and

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influencer who has also appeared on television shows, including ''

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''.

References

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ABC Medianet biography
1985 births Living people 21st-century American journalists American gay writers American people of Cuban descent American television news anchors American television reporters and correspondents Florida International University alumni Gay journalists Hispanic and Latino American journalists LGBTQ Hispanic and Latino American people American LGBTQ journalists LGBTQ people from Florida Journalists from Miami What Would You Do? (2008 TV program) Miami Coral Park Senior High School alumni {{US-journalist-1980s-stub