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GMA staffers defend Robin Roberts after the "bad optics" of her exclusive Jussie Smollett interview
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When Roberts' Good Morning America sitdown with the Empire star aired last Thursday, events in the case were still up in the air and the first report that the hate attack may have been a hoax had yet to come out, GMA staffers point out to Buzzfeed. “There’s not really a spirit of regret about the Jussie interview,” said one GMA staffer, speaking anonymously. “And no one feels that Robin got duped. Taken advantage of, yes, but not duped. She conducted an incredible interview and the shoes fell really just right after the interview aired,” the source added. “Timing made it bad optics but who could have seen any of this coming as we see it today?”
TOPICS: Robin Roberts, ABC, Good Morning America, Jussie Smollett, ABC News, Daytime TV
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