Thomas Roberts is the first gay man to anchor a US network news show
By Micah Sulit
NBC Nightly News
made history last night when Thomas Roberts stepped in as anchor. The MSNBC journalist became the first openly gay anchor of an evening newscast on a leading US network, The Advocate reported.
Roberts, 42, told The Advocate that it was a “huge honour”.
The newscast led with a story on Donald Trump’s controversial comments on Senator John McCain’s war record. Incidentally Roberts, along with Cheryl Burke, recently bowed out of their Miss USA 2015 co-hosting duties following Trump’s derogatory remarks about immigrants. NBC pulled the program and cut ties with Trump.
Roberts came out at a gay and lesbian journalists’ conference in 2006 and is married to Patrick Abner. He previously worked for CNN.
Watch Roberts’ newscast below: