David Muir has an incredible career that has spanned out decades, which has seen him win multiple Emmys for his work on World News Tonight. The news anchor is known for his dedication to the job and is often traveling at last minute notice to report on the latest events around the world. As a result of his unpredictable job, David doesn't always know where he will be and when. Not only this, but the journalist carries around not one, but two passports with him - a unique situation he opened up about during a recent appearance on Live with Kelly & Mark.
© Disney via Getty ImagesDavid explained during a chat with hosts - who are also his good friends - Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos: "I have two passports yes, because certain countries check your stamps and certain countries aren't friendly to others so you have to have two ready at all times." Kelly had some questions to ask her friend, responding: "Do you ever accidentally get one passport stamped?" David replied: "Well they do spend a lot of time looking through them and looking at where you've been and why you've been there." "I've flipped through your passport which is the most exciting thing as he's been to countries that I thought were fake," Kelly added.
© InstagramPrior to the passport chat, Mark had said to David: "I always feel like you're about to leave. When big news happens, you've got to go." David has always wanted to be a journalist, and even as a young boy he was ambitious. He recently opened up to People about his aspirations as a child, and how it made him stand out from his peers. He explained: "I was a nerd who felt this gravitational pull to the news, starting back when I was 12 years old. I remember being outside, playing with the rest of the kids in the neighborhood and being the only kid who would go inside when the local news came on, and then watching Peter Jennings, who I thought was sort of the James Bond of the evening news, the globetrotter." He continued to explain that the show resembled an "opportunity to get out there beyond your backyard and see the world." "There was always this incredible pull," he said.
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© Getty ImagesGrowing up, David even wrote letters to reporters to ask if he could intern for them to gain experience. "I began interning, carrying all the equipment — and back then the equipment was huge and heavy — and I'd jump into the back of the cruiser and I was honestly the happiest kid," he said. Most kids were looking forward to summer vacation and I couldn't wait to get into the back seat of that cruiser all over again. "All these years later, I look back on that as a defining moment in my life. I dove headfirst and I was just lucky enough to have people around me who weren't turned off by the kid intern." The news reporter grew up in Syracuse, New York, and comes from a loving family. While his parents, Ronald and Pat, separated when he was young, they remained on good terms, and were both there to support his career ambitions.
