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A familiar face for ABC Newsfollowers, David Muirhas a reputation that encapsulates his outstanding skills and adorable personality.
He serves as the lead anchor of World News Tonight,co-anchors the ABC News magazine 20/20, and is apart of the news department of the ABC broadcast television network, based in New York City.
His professional life is an open book but the same cannot be said about his personal life.
Here get acquainted with his personal life, relationship status, parents, and ethnicity.
Muir's Relationship Status
Muir's fans from all across the world want to know hisrelationship status. However, there isno information or even hint on his personal life.
The ABC News anchor has never penned a word about his dating status on his social media. He has also never shared such details on any of his interviews. Because of that, it is difficult to know if the experienced journalistis married to a wife or still single.
The only thing on the internet that connects Muir with even the word 'love' is ablogwritten by Kate Dries forJezebel. Dries have referred to Muir as her boyfriend in thearticle titled "Report Indicates My Boyfriend David Muir Is a 'Monster'."
Rumors of Him Being Gay
Since Muir, age 47, hasnever affirmed having a girlfriend or a wife himself, many started speculating thathe could be a closeted gay.
His sexuality's topic attained more attention when rumors of him being in a relationship withABC reporter, Gio Benitez, surfaced on the internet in 2015.
The reason for those rumors is just baseless as well — because according to Heavy, fans speculated they were dating on the basis of spotting them together on more than one occasion.
But once the reporterBenitezgot engaged to his boyfriend, Tommy DiDario, on September 17, 2015, the talks ended.Benitez and his boyfriendDiDarioofficially married on April 16, 2016.
That being said,Muir, himself, has never denied or accepted any rumors related to his sexuality and personal life.
Named One of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive
It is clearly evident why many are curious to learn about the relationship status of ABC anchorMuir. Well, his charming personality tends to make people grow fondness towards him.
Adding to that,Muir was also namedone ofPeople magazine'sSexiest Men Alive in 2014, along with Good Morning America contributor, Tim Tebow, and GMA part-time correspondent, Michael Strahan.
That list also included famous Hollywood names such asChris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, and Idris Elba.
Muir's Bio: Father Was a Veteran Army
Muirwas born on November8, 1973, in Syracuse, New York.He holds an Americannationality and speaks Arabic and Spanish fluently.
The ABC anchor graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in May 1995.
His father's name isRonald Muir while his mother's name isPat Mills. He also hasan older sister named Rebecca Muir in his family.
Muir timely shows his affection towards his parents and family membersthrough his Instagram account. He even commemorates his late father and his dedication towards the states as a veteran army.
Practiced News Casting from a Young Age
Muir's volubility in broadcasting news comes from years of practice.
He was just a child when he startedreading out news from a cardboard box in his family home. He even bought acassette recorder from his allowances at RadioShack and began interviewing people he knew- mostly his sister's teenage friends.
He even madeexcuses with his friends to watch 6 p.m. news every day.
Hefollowedhis passion and pursuedPolitical Journalism atGeorgetown University. He completed his further studies at theUniversity of Salamanca in Spain.
He started his career in his hometown through the WTVH-TV. Five years later, he shifted to theWCVB-TV in Boston and reported from Iraqand Florida.
In 2003, the Syracuse nativejoinedABC News as the anchor for World News Now. His expertise on the field helped him secure the post of the lead correspondent.
The Emmy-award-winning anchor co-anchored ABC's20/20from 2013 and became the sole host and the managing director ofWorld News Tonight with David Muirfrom 2014.
Thanks to his outstanding performance, he gotthe authority to lead the breaking news andspecial event coverage for ABC News in February 2021. Before him, the responsibility was being handled by another veteran ABC News anchor, George Stephanopoulos, under the title "chief anchor."
His Salary & Net Worth
One of the significant ABC News' anchors, Muir uses an emotional point of view to share stories. No wonder heattracts enormous ratings.
In 2018 alone,his show World News Tonight with David Muirtopped the ratings for 26 straight weeks.
Moreover, in the last week of April 2020, his show garneredan average audienceof 10.5 million viewers - making it the most-watched show for the week.
As a prominent figure in journalism, heearnsan annual salary of $5 million, which contributes to hisnet worthof $20 million.
