Sam Champion's jaw-dropping discovery on-air about Eyewitness News guest leaves ABC co-hosts stunned

Former 'GMA' star Sam Champion was pleasantly surprised to learn that his guest on Eyewitness News is related to a co-star
PUBLISHED SEP 29, 2023
It struck Sam Champion that the guest’s surname is similar to one of his co-stars (Getty Images)
It struck Sam Champion that the guest’s surname is similar to one of his co-stars (Getty Images)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former ‘Good Morning America’ star Sam Champion was recently surprised on-air after learning that a guest on the show is the twin brother of one of his ABC co-stars.

The 62-year-old was co-anchoring Eyewitness News@10 with Shirleen Allicot and Mike Marza and welcomed Dr Desmond Sutton to the show.

However, during the episode, it struck Champion that the guest’s surname is similar to one of his co-stars. The former ‘GMA’ star inquired about Sutton’s relatives as he “looked familiar” to all the co-hosts.

Champion and his co-hosts were stumped to learn that the guest on the show is in fact the twin brother of ABC’s News medical correspondent Dr Darien Sutton.

'GMA' star Sam Champion and his co-stars Mike Marza and Shirleen Allicot were in for a surprise on Eyewitness News @ 10 (ABC)
'GMA' star Sam Champion and his co-stars Mike Marza and Shirleen Allicot were in for a surprise on Eyewitness News @ 10 (ABC)

Sam Champion was shocked to learn about the relationship between a guest and his co-star

The former ‘GMA’ meteorologist recently shared a clip on his Instagram from the show where he introduced Dr Desmond Sutton via video chat.

Immediately after acknowledging Dr Desmond, Champion and his co-stars, Marza and Allicot, appeared to have an epiphany.

Sam said, "We just all noticed at the same time that you look very familiar to us.”

He then went on to ask Dr Sutton, “Do you, sir, have a twin?”

After Dr Desmond replied, “Yes”, the ex-GMA star asked, "Does your twin work for ABC News?”


 
 
 
 
 
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To everyone’s surprise, Dr Desmond admitted that his twin did indeed work for ABC News. 

This led to Allicot revealing that ABC medical correspondent Dr Darien Sutton was Dr Desmond's identical sibling.

Sam Champion asked  Dr Desmond if he had a twin that 'worked' for ABC News (ABC)
Sam Champion asked Dr Desmond if he had a twin that 'worked' for ABC News (ABC)

After sharing this moment on his Instagram profile, Champion captioned the post, “WATCH a true and honest SURPRISE unfolds on this morning’s 10 AM show!!!!!, We had no idea this morning’s medical expert on the show … is the TWIN brother of our ABC news medical contributor!…”

He concluded, “Until in the commercial break, he looked awfully familiar. #ewn10am”

Dr Desmond turned out to be the twin brother of ABC News medical correspondent Dr Darien Sutton (@desmondsuttonmd/Instagram)
Dr Desmond turned out to be the twin brother of ABC News medical correspondent Dr Darien Sutton (@desmondsuttonmd/Instagram)

Sam Champion celebrates Linda Evangelista as the ‘most beautiful woman in the world'

The former ‘GMA’ star showered all his love and praise on supermodel Linda Evangelista in one of his recent posts on Instagram.

Champion called Linda the “most beautiful woman in the world” and shared a small edited clip of Linda’s best works.

He summarised all his love for her in the caption and wrote, “The Most Beautiful Woman In The World! …. and I’ve always believed it! The world says #supermodel, I say #superwarrior! An evening with @lindaevangelista, hosted by @fernmallis @92ndstreety. Thank you @williamnorwich__! The book is out now photographs by @stevenmeisel.”


 
 
 
 
 
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