George Stephanopoulos tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, nearly two weeks after his wife, Ali Wentworth, confirmed her diagnosis.
Stephanopoulos, who has been broadcasting “Good Morning America” from home, told his co-hosts Monday morning that his diagnosis is “really no surprise,” but that he has been “basically asymptomatic” — unlike Wentworth, who previously described the condition as “pure misery.”
“I’ve never had a fever, never had chills, never had a headache, never had cough, never had shortness of breath,” the 59-year-old ABC anchor said.
Wentworth, 55, is now doing “much, much better,” said Stephanopoulos, noting, “She’s going on her fifth day now with no fever, which is really a great sign.”
Later in the day, Wentworth posted a video of herself emerging from a 16-day isolation period. “I am grateful for my health,” she wrote on Instagram. “It was a brutal and scary time. But I am one of the lucky ones.”
Wentworth, who has been married to Stephanopoulos since 2001, had been recovering at their New York City home. They are the parents of two children.