GMA’s anchors taken off air after affair scandal
The internet has been going wild over Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes. The Good Morning America anchors were pulled off air after photos of their affair were leaked.
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Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are unlikely to make their return to television, at least on the daytime side of things.
“I learned that I never want to go back to the grind of morning television,” Robach, 50, said on the couple’s podcast episode on Tuesday. “I learned that I don’t miss the job, I miss the people.”
Holmes, who co-hosted “GMA3” with Robach from 2020 to 2023 before their relationship turned romantic, agreed. “I’m with you there,” he told his former co-host.
Robach added that since leaving daytime television, she is sleeping better and “living authentically.”
“It’s never too late to start again, to start over,” she advised listeners.
In December 2022, Robach and Holmes, 46, were removed from their TV hosting gigs after the Daily Mail published video and photographs of the two married anchors holding hands and Holmes patting Robach on the bottom.
The couple maintains their respective marriages were nearly over, but they both decided not to respond to the allegations to avoid escalating the drama.
On an episode of the “Amy and T.J. Podcast” last month, the pair read statements they drafted on Nov. 30, 2022, meant to announce their respective divorces and new relationships. However, they never released them since it was the same day the Daily Mail photos made waves.
“My divorce is nearly finalized after we decided to separate,” Holmes read from Robach’s statement. “T.J. and I have been friends for years and our relationship has evolved only in recent weeks. I ask for privacy for my family as we continue to heal.”
Then he read from his own statement: “After a monthlong separation, I am in the final stage of my divorce process that has been difficult for my family and for their sake had hoped to keep private. I have leaned on my closest friend during this painful stretch and very recently, that friendship became more. Out of respect for my family, I am requesting privacy at this time.”
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Last December, Holmes filed a petition for divorce from ex-wife Marilee Fiebig, 46, an immigration attorney, in New York after 13 years of marriage, according to court records. Holmes and Fiebig reached a divorce settlement in October, as reported by Us Weekly and the Los Angeles Times.
Holmes and Fiebig married in March 2010 and share a 10-year-old daughter. Holmes also has two children from a previous marriage to Amy Ferson.
Robach wed “Melrose Place” star Andrew Shue in 2010. They listed their New York City apartment for sale last September.
On Tuesday’s episode of Robach and Holmes’ podcast, the co-hosts reflected on the lessons they learned in 2023 after divorce. “I learned in 2023 that some of the best weight you can ever lose is the weight of other people’s opinion of you,” Holmes said.
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Robach added: “You can lose your job, you can lose your reputation, you can lose friends and you can lose most of your worldly possessions and still be happy. … There was a lot of selling going on, a lot of giving away.”
“You don’t really know someone until you divorce them,” Robach quipped, to which Holmes declared, “Moving on.”
Contributing: Taijuan Moorman, Kelly Lawler
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