Is Diane Ditching “Good Morning America”?
Diane Sawyer skipped out on a party thrown for Chris Cuomo, Sam Champion and other “Good Morning America” staffers last Friday — and a source says that it’s a sure sign that the news diva is planning on leaving the show soon. Just as the competition heats up with “Today” after Meredith Vieira’s arrival, a Sawyer sayonara could be a difficult blow to the ABC morning property. “The staff took Diane’s absence as a clear message she is leaving the show,” says a source to Rush & Molloy, “and is slowly starting to separate herself from it.” Sawyer, say the columnists, had just arrived from interviewing Mel Gibson in his first post-DUI sit-down. But an ABC rep dismisses any notion of Diane leaving: “She was sick in bed. She called [ABC News chief] David Westin and [‘GMA’ producer] Jim Murphy to see if she should still come. They urged her stay home.” It’s Humor, Folks: Stewart, Colbert, Williams Not Running for Prez So what do Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Robin Williams all have in commo
