Personal Life
He is married to Alexandra Wentworth, an actress, comedian, and writer. The couple have two daughters: Elliott Anastasia Stephanopoulos and Harper Andrea Stephanopoulos. The family lives in New York City.
In 1995 after a collision with a parked vehicle as he was pulling out of a parking space in front of a restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Stephanopoulos was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving with an expired license and license plates. Only the charge of leaving the scene of an accident was subsequently dropped.
Along with a number of other notable Greek Americans, he is a founding member of The Next Generation Initiative, a leadership program aimed at getting students involved in public affairs.
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