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have difficulty in being honest about something as fundamental as their sexuality. >> reporter: roberts' former cohost sam champion may have helped pave the way when he celebrated his engagement to his partner live on "good morning america" last year. >> i'm so, so lucky to have someone like this in my life. >> reporter: in a way, roberts seemed to be following the template of cnn's own anderson cooper. he came out in july 2012 in an e-mail to blogger andrew sullivan and like roberts, he was on a vacation when he did so. cooper discussed it in september when his talk show launched. >> i think it's important to just send a message to especially young people that there's nothing to be ashamed of and that you know, you can be successful and you can have a life and you can have many interests and this is one part of your life. >> reporter: somewhat casual scenes like this, it might be easy to forget that in the recent past and even today, coming out as gay could mean being pushed out of your profession. ell ellen degeneres faced risks when