Good Morning America on Friday saw the absence of two of its major Stars Robin Roberts and George stefanopoulos were both absent from the show while fans knew where Robin was headed there were questions about what happened to George and where he was at this last week here is what we know about George's absence from GMA and where he might have been George Stephanopoulos was absent from Good Morning America on both Thursday and Friday while his absence was not mentioned on the show he missed both Thursday and Friday's episode of the morning talk show this has recently become almost a normal thing for the host George was also absent two weeks ago when he missed some shows along with Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan however this last Thursday it was just George who was missing as Robin and Michael were both there replacing George on the show was lindsy Davis when Friday rolled around George was phone once again and this time Robin was also missing in action Robin revealed where she was though Robin posted a photo of her and her wife as they prepared to head to Europe and Wembley Stadium to see Taylor Swift in concert however no one mentioned where George was while Robin Roberts told her fans that she was heading to Europe to see Taylor Swift George has been missing in action however there is a likely explanation for where he is right now and it is the same reason Michael string hand missed a couple of weeks earlier in August while Michael was missing with no explanation it turned out he was on vacation with his daughters since Isabella spent the summer undergoing cancer treatment Michael likely wanted to spend some quality time with his kids before they headed off to college this fall they ended up in the Bahamas most people feel that George is not around because he is also spending some fatherly time with his daughters before they return to college for the fall semester George has two daughters with wife Ali Wentworth OT 21 and Har Harper 19 recently Ali made a public exchange with Laura Spencer about a Nashville Meetup Harper goes to college at Vanderbilt so it is likely they are visiting with her as she prepares for her next semester George and Ali have never put work above their family and that is likely the case here what are your thoughts on George Stephanopoulos missing time on Good Morning America do you miss in when he isn't on the show let us know your thoughts in the comments below