Lara Spencer is on the mend!
The “Good Morning America” co-anchor, 55, revealed why she’s been absent from this system this week — and it has to do with a painful well being battle.
Spencer took to social media on Wednesday, Dec. 11, and acquired actual together with her followers. Posting one picture displaying each of her toes all bandaged up, the beloved TV host introduced she underwent double surgical procedure.
“If I look just a little groggy it’s because of this man who simply gave me a brand new pair of trainers (body 2-wish they had been cowboy boots however that may are available about 6 weeks hopefully),” she captioned the images, which included one other of Spencer smiling together with her surgeon.
She defined that one surgical procedure was to reverse an operation she had beforehand, whereas the opposite was to restore an outdated damage from faculty.
“My proper foot was easy-just had plate faraway from surgical procedure final yr,” Spencer wrote. “The left is a much bigger deal from a really outdated faculty diving damage. I used to be doing a reverse one and a half and hit the board, shattering toes and joints.”
The morning present veteran continued, “Back then they stated there was nothing you would do besides tape it, let it heal, and stay with the ache,” earlier than singing her physician’s praises and cracking a joke.
“Today there are a lot better choices, because of surgeons like Dr Marty O’Malley at HSS,” she added. “These boots had been made for walkin……”
Several of Spencer’s colleagues despatched her properly needs for a speedy restoration.
“Wow! Well little doubt you’ll be twirling very quickly!” ABC News’ “20/20” co-anchor Deborah Roberts commented.
“Jesus!!! Who does each toes on the identical time???? My lady, that’s who! So powerful! Sending u speedy like to quick restoration! We’ve acquired dancing to do,” wrote the previous medical chief of “GMA,” Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
“Sweetie!! Feel higher quickly,” added the present’s chief enterprise, economics, and expertise correspondent Rebecca Jarvis.
In 2023, Spencer shared that O’Malley operated on her foot for a torn plantar plate and ligament that was “slowly getting worse and worse.”
The tv star is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. She attended the faculty on an athletic scholarship for springboard and platform diving and was a nationally ranked aggressive diver, per Daily Mail.
During her senior yr in 1991, Spencer was named an All-American Athlete and graduated together with her diploma in broadcast journalism.
Besides “GMA,” Spencer’s credit embody “Nightline,” “The Insider,” CBS’ “The Early Show,” “Antiques Roadshow” and extra.
It’s unclear when she might be again on “GMA.”
The Post reached out to the present for remark.
