Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Formally Out at GMA3 After Romance Reveal
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T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach is not going to return as co-anchors of GMA3: What You Need To Know.
PEOPLE confirms the pair is not going to be again of their on-air roles on the information program following ABC’s investigation into their romance.
“After a number of productive conversations with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes about completely different choices, all of us agreed it is best for everybody that they transfer on from ABC Information. We acknowledge their expertise and dedication through the years and are grateful for his or her contributions,” an ABC spokesperson mentioned in a press release.
The information comes after a supply beforehand advised PEOPLE Holmes, 45, and Robach, 49, weren’t anticipated to stay of their present roles on the community after they have been taken off the air on Dec. 5.
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“There are no negotiations about their future,” the supply mentioned. “ABC is finishing their investigation.”
The supply continued, “Whereas it’s unlikely they are going to return within the capability they have been in — the longer time goes on, it turns into much less possible they are going to return — there are nonetheless open strains of communication and additional discussions are being had about what’s going to occur.”
Earlier this month, a second supply advised PEOPLE the pair’s relationship is “stronger than ever” regardless of the office investigation.
“They’re simply going alongside and doing their factor,” the second supply revealed of the pair, who stepped out in Miami last month and spent the holidays together.
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The TV personalities first sparked courting rumors on Nov. 30 after photos surfaced of them holding hands in a automotive, throughout a trip in upstate New York and cozying up at a bar in New York Metropolis. Hours after the pictures surfaced, Holmes and Robach shut down their respective Instagram accounts. (Robach has since reactivated her account whereas Holmes’ account stays inactive.)
ABC Information president Kim Godwin addressed the information in December in a memo to staffers, which acknowledged that the pair will “remain off-air pending the completion of an internal review” with a rotation of anchors filling in on this system.
She shared that the “persevering with protection” of the co-anchors’ romance “might be distracting from the extremely essential work our staff does right here at ABC Information.”
“It’s my hope that we’ll proceed to focus our vitality on what we do greatest,” she added. “And I would like all of you to understand how immensely proud I’m of your onerous work and professionalism.”
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The pair haven’t publicly commented on their relationship, although they alluded to the news throughout a broadcast of GMA3: What You Need To Know in December previous to their on-air hiatus.
Each co-anchors wed their spouses in 2010; Robach married actor Andrew Shue whereas Holmes married attorney Marilee Fiebig.
In line with public court docket data, Holmes and Fiebig filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage on Dec. 28. Fiebig’s lawyer Stephanie F. Lehman advised PEOPLE in a press release: “T.J.’s lawyer and I’ve been working collectively to maneuver their divorce ahead privately, expeditiously, and as amicably as possible.”
The standing of Robach’s marriage stays unclear, and regardless that the 2 have been seen together in New York Metropolis in mid-January, a 3rd supply beforehand advised PEOPLE that she and Shue had separated in August.
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The third supply added that Robach and Holmes began dating solely after they every break up from their respective spouses. “This was two consenting adults who have been every separated. They each broke up with their spouses in August inside weeks of one another,” the supply mentioned. “The connection did not begin till after that.”
One other insider advised PEOPLE, “Amy was going by means of a heartache and TJ was very a lot there for her and useful, and that’s after they began one thing.”