Al Roker Says He 'Wouldn't be Alive Without' Wife Deborah Roberts: Inside Their Love Story
etonline.comAl Roker and his wife have been married for over 27 years and are still going strong. While the 68-year-old weatherman and the 62-year-old journalist have faced some challenges as of late due to Roker's recent health scares, their love story stands the test of time.Here's a look at their romance.
Roker and Roberts first met at in 1990. «Al was so sweet,» she told in 1999. «He showed me pictures of his daughter and talked about his family.»While they met in 1990, Roker didn't ask Roberts out until 1992 and only after she asked him to look after her apartment while she was in Barcelona covering the Summer Olympics for NBC.«A day before she got back from her trip, I stocked her pantry, I stocked her refrigerator and left some flowers on the table and a note, 'Welcome home,'» Roker recalled on in 2021. «And then I got my first date with her a week later.»Roker proposed on New Year's Day in 1994. «Deborah was getting a little annoyed that it hadn't happened over the holidays.
We had a chat, 'So when will this happen?' And I said, 'Before Groundhog Day,'» he told recalling how he proposed at the Grand Canyon. «I thought, what a great place.
On the rim of the Grand Canyon. And if she says, 'No,' one of us isn't coming back.»A post shared by Al Roker (@alroker)On Sept.
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