Broadcast buddies to shut friends. Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes initially related after they had been tapped to headline GMA3: What You Need to Know.
“I had executed segments through the years with Dr. [Jennifer] Ashton, who I might all the time hunt down to ask for her experience. We were collaborating almost every day earlier than being on TV collectively,” Holmes instructed Resident Magazine in an April 2021 cowl story in regards to the duo’s third cohost. “Robach and I’ve related backgrounds and a respect for one another’s journeys.”
He continued on the time, praising their partnership: “We actually have an appreciation for the place we’re with this present. We might have plotted and deliberate for a potential present, however this one simply occurred, and it occurred organically.”
Good Morning America introduced in September 2020 that broadcasters Robach and Holmes would be part of Ashton, the community’s medical correspondent, to headline a third hour of news content. GMA3, per an outline on ABC’s web site, is a “information, well being and way of life program” that additionally shares “unimaginable human tales of non-public triumph.”
As Robach and Holmes loved chatting with notable guests weekly, their friendship ultimately deepened.
“We’re all fortunate to be right here and we’re enthusiastic about one other yr,” the College of Georgia grad instructed her cohost throughout an August 2022 episode of GMA3, during which she stunned Holmes with an array of pies to celebrate his birthday — “because you don’t like cake.”
Robach and the Arkansas native have additionally become marathon training partners along with work colleagues.
“You loved [running the United New York City Half Marathon],” she stated throughout a March 2022 episode of the information present, noting she convinced him to join her fitness pursuits. “The smile in your face was plain. Additionally, I simply wished to level out, I’m going to say it for you, TJ beat me.”
Holmes, for his half, replied: “By one second! We had been operating collectively. And I ended up a second forward formally.”
Holmes and Robach’s relationship made headlines in November 2022 after photos surfaced of the pair looking cozy in New York Metropolis. Whereas the twosome haven’t publicly commented on the pictures, they have each been married to their respective partners for a number of years. The Michigan native — who shares daughters Ava and Analise with ex-husband Tim McIntosh — married Andrew Shue in 2010. Holmes, for his half, married Marilee Fiebig in 2010 earlier than welcoming daughter Sabine three years later. The CNN Sunday Morning alum additionally shares daughter Brianna and son Jaiden with ex-wife Amy Ferson.
Each Robach and Holmes initially deleted their social media accounts amid the controversy, although she has since reactivated her profile.
One week after the twosome’s scandal made headlines, they had been pulled from the air and a rotating panel of TV journalists stuffed in for them. Us Weekly later broke the information in January 2023 that Robach and Holmes — who filed for divorce from Fiebig the earlier month — were “out” at the network.
ABC formally confirmed the information two weeks later. “After a number of productive conversations with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, about totally different choices, all of us agreed it’s greatest for everybody that they transfer on from ABC Information,” the broadcast station said in a statement on the time. “We acknowledge their expertise and dedication through the years and are grateful for his or her contributions.”
Scroll beneath to revisit the sweetest quotes Robach and Holmes have stated about each other via the years:
Supply: www.usmagazine.com