This morning and all day today, TV news talent are participating in the 10th annual Spirit Day, an annual LGBTQ anti-bullying campaign organized by Glaad. On-air talent from across the TV news spectrum are wearing purple and speaking about LBGTQ youth on-air. The color purple symbolizes spirit on the rainbow flag.
Today show, The View, and CNBC have participated each year.
In addition to the 9 a.m. team at Today (shown above), here are their NBCU colleagues at CNBC, Squawk Box co-hosts Andrew Ross Sorkin, Becky Quick and Joe Kernen all wearing purple.
.@CNBC anchors are wearing purple all day long to take a stand against bullying. #SpiritDay pic.twitter.com/DijyHPIq4X
— GLAAD (@glaad) October 17, 2019
💜💜💜Spirit Day💜💜💜
Emily @EmilyCNBC and I going purple to show our support for standing against bullying #SpiritDay #PrideNBCU 💕💕💕 @CNBCi @cnbcipr @CNBC pic.twitter.com/1yDpjBTCeD
— Chery Kang (@cherykang) October 17, 2019
Others wearing purple today include Carl Quintanilla hosting Squawk Alley.
Scott Wapner hosting Halftime Report.
The women of The View:
We’re proud to wear purple today in honor of @glaad’s #SpiritDay! Join us and take a stand against bullying and #ChooseKindness. Learn more: https://t.co/t0Nkn6vVfQ pic.twitter.com/0f3dlo4fHy
— The View (@TheView) October 17, 2019
Joining the aforementioned three in their participation of Spirit Day were John Berman and Alisyn Camerota of CNN New Day.
CNN @NewDay went purple to take a stand against bullying. Join them and take the #SpiritDay pledge: https://t.co/AJXrimYJKz pic.twitter.com/4NReJAl2mR
— GLAAD (@glaad) October 17, 2019
Univision’s morning show Despierta América:
.@MaityInteriano también se une a crear conciencia en contra del #bullying 💜 #SpiritDay pic.twitter.com/iypXBno0oY
— Despierta América (@despiertamerica) October 17, 2019
The hosts of Good Morning America:
.@GLAAD #SpiritDay in Times Square 💜 pic.twitter.com/g3NHAcKWXi
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 17, 2019
CBS’ The Talk:
Our ladies are wearing purple in support of taking a stand against bullying for #SpiritDay. pic.twitter.com/XIpNRc6IVi
— The Talk (@TheTalkCBS) October 17, 2019
Telemundo’s morning show Un Nuevo Día.
¡Llegó #SpiritDay! 💜Apoya a jóvenes LGBTQ y cambia tus redes a morado o utilízalo en tu ropa. ¡Únete a esta campaña y demuestra que estás en contra del acoso! 💜 #SpiritDay https://t.co/NFX31DISyZ pic.twitter.com/DIKRJLFNsh
— Un Nuevo Día (@UnNuevoDia) October 17, 2019
Fox Business Network’s Charles Payne and Kristina Partsinevelos.
MLB Network is participating in Spirit Day. Its studio hosts have been wearing purple throughout the day as well.
Here are Billy Beane and Brian Kenny:
“You can change a life, in a minute.” @billybeanball joined Brian Kenny on #MLBNow to discuss #MLBSpiritDay. https://t.co/Hof718lhsg pic.twitter.com/PUAy12bfY8
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 17, 2019
Here’s former MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts with a throwback to 2014: