The Good Morning America household and its followers are saying goodbye to one in every of their longtime favorites: Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
Following her announcement in April that she could be leaving ABC after 13 years with the community, the chief well being and medical editor and chief medical correspondent formally bid farewell to her submit as GMA3: What You Want To Know co-anchor on Thursday, June 27.
The yr and a half main as much as her departure was a difficult one, as in November 2022, she misplaced not one however each of her co-anchors, when Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes parted methods with ABC following information of their relationship, and it wasn’t till six months later and a revolving door of momentary hosts that Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan had been confirmed as her new co-anchors.
Forward of her emotional final day, Dr. Jennifer, 55, appeared on The View on Tuesday, and opened up about what she’s most wanting ahead to about her “subsequent chapter.”
Requested by host Sara Haines how she’s feeling, the ABC mainstay joked: “Drained!” earlier than sharing: “You recognize, I am excited in regards to the subsequent stage, I am actually specializing in what I am board-certified in, which is ladies’s well being and weight problems medication and vitamin.”
She additional mirrored: “I have been right here 13 plus years,” revealing that final yr alone she was on the air a whopping 805 occasions, and that she’s “wanting ahead to sleeping previous 4 or 5 within the morning slightly bit.”
As soon as she will get her well-deserved break nonetheless, she’s desirous to proceed working, significantly on her new platform Ajenda, a free weekly publication that may spotlight her breadth of data on all issues well being.
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Jennifer maintained she’s “wanting ahead to the following chapter and actually specializing in the areas I am board-certified in, so I am excited.”
A number of of The View co-hosts famous that they’re already “obsessed” with the content material that she shares on her Instagram, and Sara emphasised simply how a lot she trusts and is impressed by Jennifer.
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“You break issues right down to a degree the place everybody will get it, you are like a strolling sound byte,” she stated, including: “You share a lot and we have had you on a slew of matters, a slew of exhibits.”
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She maintained that each time she’s left amazed, thanking her for “bringing that to all of us,” and noting that they do not plan to cease calling her over to the present.
Outdoors of her skilled life, Jennifer is gearing as much as have fun her second wedding ceremony anniversary with producer and sports activities government Tim Werner, 74, who she married in November of 2022. She was beforehand married to late thoracic surgeon Robert C. Ashton, from 1996 till 2017; the guy physician, with whom she shared children Alex, 25, and Chloe, 22, died by suicide shortly after their divorce was finalized.
