David Muir, the face of ABC World News Tonight, stunned his close friend Kelly Ripa with a revelation that few anchors have ever confessed publicly: he travels with two passports. Appearing on Live with Kelly & Mark, the Emmy-winning journalist explained that his fast-paced, globe-trotting career demands constant readiness — and not every country welcomes the same stamps in a single document.

Kelly, visibly shocked, admitted she had once flipped through his pssport, calling it “the most exciting book” she’d ever seen. “He’s been to countries that I thought were fake!” she joked, while her co-host Mark Consuelos added that Muir always seems like he’s just one phone call away from leaving on assignment. For Muir, it’s more than a professional necessity — it’s a lifelong passion.

From writing letters to news anchors as a boy, to idolizing Peter Jennings as the “James Bond of the evening news,” Muir says he was destined for journalism. His confession may sound glamorous, but it also hints at the hidden pressures of being the man America trusts when the world falls into crisis.