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Former ABC News Anchor Kendis Gibson Claims Toxic Work Tradition Led to 2018 Suicide Attempt
News anchor Kendis Gibson is claiming the toxic workplace culture during his time at ABC News played a role in his 2018 suicide attempt.
Gibson, 52, opens up about his experience at ABC News in his book Five Trips: An Investigative Journey into Mental Health, Psychedelic Healing and Saving a Life, which will beat shelves on Tuesday December 3.
According to an early excerpt from Page Six, Gibson’s time at the network in 2014 started off pleasant as he received “heartwarming reception” from the Good Morning America crew. He gushed over his “official” announcement from Robin Roberts when she dubbed him as “the newest member of the Good Morning America” live on air.
While Gibson noted that Roberts, 64, “couldn’t have been nicer and more authentic on and off camera,” some of his other coworkers warned him of the Disney-owned network’s toxic environment. Gibson claimed that an unnamed Black correspondent welcomed him “to Mickey’s plantation,” seemingly referring to the brand’s notabl
ABC anchor reveals he tried to eliminate himself after battling 'toxic' workplace
Former ABC News anchor Kendis Gibson has claimed that a toxic work culture and covert racism at the network contributed to a suicide attempt in 2018.
Gibson, 52, describes his spiral with depression and anxiety in his new memoir, Five Trips: An Investigative Journey into Mental Health, Psychedelic Healing and Saving a Life.
The news writer says that his mental health issues were amplified, eventually leading to a suicide attempt, after he got his dream job at ABC News in 2014.
At first, Gibson received a friendly reception at the network from the Good Morning America team - Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos.
Robins, Gibson says, was 'the queen of the show' and 'couldn’t have been nicer and more sincere on and off camera.'
But an unnamed fellow black correspondent soon warned Gibson that the network was like 'Mickey’s plantation.'
'The sense I got from them was that it was in reference to veiled racism, and there was some truth to what was behind it,' Gibson told Page Six.
Gibson was originally hired at the network's Washington, DC, bureau but within a year was moved to the Los
Who is WFOR Journalist, Kendis Gibson?
Kendis Gibson has won several awards including two Emmy Awards for “Outstanding News Reporting” and “Sports Feature”. His career in broadcast journalism spans more than two decades, productive across several media platforms. Gibson anchors the morning and evening newscasts at CBS’ Miami station, WFOR.
Upon joining the station in January 2022, he stated that he was delighted about the opportunity to do more news reporting and being on the ground than he could at MSNBC, where he was limited to hosting early mornings and weekends.
Kendis Gibson Was Born in Belize
Gibson (51 years old) was born on September 6, 1972, in Belize City, Belize. in a family of boys. He was raised by his parents; Alrick Gibson, a cabinetmaker, and his wife Hortense Gibson alongside his 6 brothers, him existence the youngest. He was 12 years old when his family moved from Belize City to Brand-new York City in the 1980s.
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Kendis Gibson Education
Gibson attended John Jay High School and later enrolled at the State University of Brand-new York at Oswego, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political
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If we believe that the majority of humanity is plagued by ignorance, and they are, journalism is the profession that brings that ignorance to light. There’s a saying that goes “The worst kind of ignorance is not knowing what you don’t know” and that’s the human race until every night after we’ve spent our day in the silent ignorance of the events that occur around our world during the day. Then the journalists, who have made it their mission and their existence objective to cure our daily ignorance, report the state of the world to us. The planet is filled with many professions that in their own way do a noble job, but none compares to the illumination a journalist brings to our lives as he grabs the headlines in a sweet baritone. One of the people in this noble profession is ABC News whistleblower Kendis Gibson.
Who is Kendis Gibson?
Until recently, Kendis Gibson was just an endearing pretty face you saw on TV every morning and night as he tells you in different ways that the world is terrible and that humans are ruining the planet. The ABC News reporter, born September 6, 1972 in Primary Ameri