David Muir's Romantic Life Is Highly Secretive, Here's Why (2024)

David Muir is a famous American journalist who works for ABC News. He typically appears on 20/20, where he is a co-anchor. He's also the host of 'World News Tonight With David Muir'. As noted by AdWeek, David's show is consistently the most-watched evening newscast in the United States.

Seeing as evening hosts such as The View's greatest enemy Bill O'Reilly and the disgraced Matt Lauer are no longer newscasters due to their controversies, it's not surprising someone as charismatic as David has been able to blow up in popularity.

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Of course, David's professional accomplishments aren't the only thing he's known for. David has also been recognized for his attractiveness, time and time again. In fact, back in 2014, he was named one of People's Sexiest Men Alive. In 2017, he made the list again. In light of that, many have wondered just why his romantic life has always been so very secretive.

There are some rumors about his love life, but there really isn't any tangible proof of a past relationship of any kind. This has caused rumors of him possibly not being into women ... but there's also no proof or rumors of any relationships with men, either.

David's life really is private, but there are some nuggets of information that could be the tip of the iceberg to finding out about David's true love life behind the scenes.

Here's everything to know about David and his "secret" love life.

Updated September 2023: While David has continued to keep his romantic life under wraps, one thing he doesn't keep to himself is his love for his dog, Axel. In fact, his Instagram is filled to the brim with pics of the pup. Well, if Karl Lagerfeld named his cat Choupette as the love of his life, Axel might just be David's!

Who Is David Muir?

As with David's love life, his personal life in general is also pretty private and secretive. His background is relatively open, however. David was born in 1973 in Syracuse, New York. According to Hello, David has one older sister, and two step-siblings from his dad's second marriage.

From an early age, David had an interest in journalism. Unlike most children his age, who were into Star Wars or sports, David had a pretty big love for watching the news. He cited Peter Jennings as a major influence on his life and abilities as a newscaster. In high school, David interned at the local news station. From there, he used that internship as a platform to attend Georgetown University where he studied Journalism as well as Political Journalism. His whole life has pretty much revolved around journalism.

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David then bounced around local news shows in New York and Massachusetts. His successes there would end up a lower-level role at ABC News. During that time, he posted a blog about the hurricane, which racked up a ton of internet views at the time. From that point on, he would travel around the world to report major crises as they happened. Once he became the host of ABC World News, the rest was history.

David is also pretty big on social media. He currently has close to 600 thousand followers on Instagram - and something tells us, many of them might just be hoping for a glimpse of the uber-secretive newsman's private life.

Everything To Know About David Muir's Romantic Life

Perhaps describing David's love life as private is putting it lightly.

The only thing that has ever been public about David's love life is a blog post on Jezebel. What's more, the post in question is very obviously a joke, as the title reads, "Report Indicates My Boyfriend David Muir Is A 'Monster.'"

There has to be more though, right?

One very famous rumor that has persisted has been a potential relationship with Kelly Ripa - thanks in no small part to Kelly, herself, fanning the flames. As she quipped in one episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, the first time she ever interacted with him was via email ... after she'd seen him on-air and felt strongly enough to use the uber secure ABC news email system. "Dude. You looked amazing tonight. Don't know what was going on. Looked kinda dangerous where you are. But just wanted to let you know that you looked amazing," she'd written.

They've been close ever since - and today, David even vacations with Kelly and her husband, Mark Consuelos. So, yeah - definitely not a couple, and we're still not any closer to finding out more about his love life.

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At the very least, his constant status of being single has let millions of fans dream of being the one he settles down with.

How Does David Muir Feel About Amy Robach And TJ Holmes?

Unfortunately, in 2022, romance did become a part of David's public life. It wasn't his love life, but the romance has hit close to home. Fellow ABC hosts, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes had an affair, and in early January 2023, the network cut ties with them. The two are still a couple, however: in August 2023, after a months-long hiatus, both took to Instagram to share the same picture of them sitting on a staircase, in a break from training for the New York City marathon.

How did David respond?

According to Page Six, David was not impressed by the situation. Unsurprisingly, his personal penchant for privacy played a role in that. Speaking to the outlet, a source claimed, "He’s the face of the evening news and nothing about him ever makes it into the papers. He’s very private and no one at ABC likes the way Amy and T.J. handled it."

That said, (and unsurprisingly), David himself has never spoken about the situation. Given his track record, we doubt he ever will. Nevertheless, we'll stay on the edge of our seats, waiting for the day he does share a special someone (and we're not talking about Axel).