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Lara Spencer was born on June 19, 1969 in Garden City, New York. She is famous for being a co-anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America. She is also a producer has appeared on Nightline and ABC News.

Education

Lara grew up in Garden City, Long Island, a suburb of New York City. Along with being a great student, she was an <a href="/biography/lara-spencer">expert diver</a>. She got to attend the popular Penn State University on an athletic scholarship she received for platform and springboard diving.  In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Spencer said that her coach was the one who suggested that she pursue sports reporting. She gave it a shot on the school’s TV station because of her coach’s encouragement. She compared being on TV to her diving career because as an athlete, you get no second chances just like live television.

She was very exceptional in the sport of diving. She was a national <a href="/biography/lara-spencer">rank holder</a> and named an All American Athlete. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast journalism from Penn State University.

Personal Life

She married David Haffenreffer, a former CNN journalist in the year 2000 in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)">Episcopalian</a> ceremony in St. Andrew's Dune Church. Haffenreffer graduated from Saint Lawrence University in 1990. He worked for Houlihan Lawrence as a brokerage manager in Connecticut.

The marriage would only last 5 short years as they amicably divorced in June 2015. The couple ended their marriage after much thought, care and consideration. They continue to love and respect each other and are united in the important goal of on raising their 2 children, Kate and Duff.

Lara made a difficult decision to leave her second job in 2009 when Duff was born. David has been the primary caregiver for their children while Lara has been the <a href="/biography/lara-spencer">breadwinner</a>. There was speculation that their jobs put tension in their relationship. While Lara was bringing in all the money, David felt inadequate as a man because he was the one that had to stay home. He felt like he wasn’t bringing equal value to the relationship which caused his insecurities to come out in negative ways.

Lara lives in a 1961 built Hollywood Hills house that she has decorated herself, complete with a trampoline in her backyard.

Broadcasting Career

Lara Spencer began her career in journalism as a page at NBC gaining invaluable experience working at many of the programs on the network. The NBC page program allowed new workers to gain experience by letting them follow and help established reporters.

After her first year as a page, she began working at the sales department of NBC. She later shifted to a local television station located in Chattanooga, Tenn.  She worked as a reporter, newscaster, and editor. She later moved on to 12 Long Island, an ABC affiliate located in New York City. Her lifestyle feature named Life Around Here, with Lara Spencer was a big hit and made her a regular contributor on Good Morning America.

She hosted the Antiques Roadshow on PBS television for 2 years and launched the popular entertainment program The Insider in 2010, a major competitor to Entertainment Tonight on another network.  Two years later she joined Good Morning America as a lifestyle reporter.

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Other Ventures

Spencer has produced several television shows. Her first project as an executive producer and creator was on the NBC game show, It’s Worth What?. She produced shows based on interior design and news casting for HGTV including a one hour special called Brake for Yard Sales that aired in April 2012 and a flea market show, Flea Market Flip that currently airs on the Great American Country channel.

Spencer published a book in 2012, entitled I Brake for Yard Sales, a guide for designing high end spaces with second hand products.

Spencer was a Primetime Emmy <a href="/biography/lara-spencer">nominee</a> for her reality program, Antiques Roadshow.  She asked the producers of that show to consider her for role of host.  She saw the opportunity and took it.

She frequently appeared on The View from 2013 to 2015 and appeared on the Rachel Ray Show numerous times.

Trump Controversy

In November 2015, Spencer found herself in a controversy when <a href="/biography/donald-trump">Trump</a> visited the Good Morning America set. There was rumors that Spencer sat on the lamp of the Republican presidential nominee.

She denied the rumor and insisted that she was standing next to him while he was seated, just saying "hello" and thanking him for appearing on Good Morning America. She said she was a professional and would never do anything to put her job in jeopardy. She also felt it would have been foolish to do something like that and put her network in trouble. She wouldn’t have done that to anyone who was visiting the set of Good Morning America, let alone a presidential nominee. She marked the incident up to people just wasting their time trying to stir up trouble.

Hip Replacement

Lara revealed that she would undergo hip replacement surgery at a young age after enduring years of chronic pain. She mentioned that 10 percent of hip replacements are done before the age 50.

It took her a long time for her to realize that she needed to have this procedure as she thought that it was just a problem for the elderly. She eventually had to come to terms with the need to have the procedure, though she felt terrified of it.  She has great empathy for people with chronic pain and she knows how it affects them mentally, emotionally and physically.  She regretted the long period of time when she ignored the pain and suffered needlessly.

On her comeback from the surgery, Lara commented that she had missed her team and was so happy to be back. When they asked her how she felt, she said that she felt great and grateful that she was able to make a speedy recovery. She was walking unassisted and she thanked them for their love and support. She even joked about not wearing heels just yet in case her hip wasn’t fully recovered.

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