Our life is all about the choices we make, and when I was looking for a mate for life, I really was looking for someone who was a family man, somebody who would embrace my girls as much as they were going to embrace me. I guess I just wasn't finished having children yet.

Lunden converted to Judaism when marrying Krauss. Lunden hosted ABC's broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena California from 1989 to 1991 and hosted the Walt Disney World Easter and Christmas Parades with Regis Philbin until the mid-90s. " Lunden appeared as herself in a brief role in the 2006 film Thank You for Smoking.

She was the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) from 1980 through 1997 and is the author of 8 books. Joan Lunden (born September 19 1950) is an American journalist author and television host.