How GMA hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes' romantic scandal happened - New York Post

It whitethorn beryllium the happiest occupation that Bob Iger, newly-reinstated president of ABC’s genitor institution Disney, volition look arsenic helium retakes the reins of the conglomerate and its top-rated currency cattle “Good Morning America.”

Two of “GMA”‘s astir dependable — and, until recently, precise joined to different radical — prima anchors, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, are drafting adjacent much attraction to the No. 1 greeting amusement arsenic a effect of their bombshell concealed romance.

Insider accidental the affair, revealed this past week successful a series of photos showing the brace canoodling successful a Lincoln Center-area barroom and astatine a cozy rented compartment upstate, is translating into what 1 root called “ratings gold” for the show.

Word is that Robach and Holmes, some 49, who began co-hosting “GMA 3” together successful 2020, won’t beryllium disciplined for carrying connected down the scenes — astatine slightest truthful far.

The play could get messier though. Multiple sources told Page Six Friday that Holmes — who has been wed to Marilee Fiebig since 2010 — had an alleged three-year matter with a joined shaper astatine “GMA,” Natasha Singh opening successful 2016.

There is manufacture speculation that the ungraded mightiness boost “GMA3” ratings. ABC via Getty Images

Holmes and the shaper some confided successful communal person Robach arsenic they tried to fig retired however to permission their spouses.

“Amy was the idiosyncratic they went to speech astir their matter and marriages,” according to 1 insider.

As rumors swirled astir Holmes and Robach, different root said, “Marilee ne'er considered Amy due to the fact that she was focused connected Natasha. She ne'er thought astir [Holmes cheating] with Amy due to the fact that they were friends. Amy’s girl was their daughter’s babysitter.”

Insiders accidental Holmes started having an matter successful 2016 with a joined producer.Getty Images

Robach was reportedly a confidant of the shaper with whom Holmes had an affair.Getty Images

Holmes reportedly ended the matter and started moving with Fiebig to reconcile their matrimony passim the pandemic. Robach remained friends with Singh and it angered Fiebig due to the fact that “she would spot photos of them connected Instagram and she didn’t recognize however their person and her husband’s co-host could stay friends with the pistillate who tried to interruption up their marriage,” the archetypal root said.

All that is seemingly successful the past for Holmes and Robach. The 2 came to enactment unapologetically past week aft the quality broke. They omitted immoderate notation of the ungraded during Thursday and Friday’s shows — privately proclaiming that the matter began aft the 2 shed their respective spouses.

“They’re not ashamed. They’re 2 consenting adults who ended up loving each other,” 1 ABC root told Page Six.

Holmes was joined to Marilee Fiebig since 2010, but they reportedly divided successful August 2022.Getty Images for Jackie Robinson

In fact, the 2 giggled unneurotic connected acceptable Thursday anterior to baking vacation cookies with cook Caroline Schiff, with Robach happily announcing, “It’s Friday eve!” Robach looked carefree when photographed returning to her Manhattan flat solo after Friday’s show.

However, insiders accidental determination has been collateral harm successful the signifier of the spouses near behind. Robach joined erstwhile “Melrose Place” prima Andrew Shue successful 2010, the aforesaid twelvemonth T.J. Holmes tied the knot with migration lawyer Fiebig.

A staffer astatine “GMA” told Page Six that Holmes and Fiebig had been separated for six months but were trying to “work things out” erstwhile quality of his romance with Robach broke Wednesday.

Robach has been joined to “Melrose Place” histrion Andrew Shue since 2010.Getty Images for Levis

“She’s devastated. She had nary idea,” the root said. “They haven’t been unneurotic successful [a while], but they were trying to enactment it out.

“They were conscionable unneurotic for T.J.’s birthday,” which was Aug. 19.

The root notes that portion Fiebig hasn’t been wearing her wedding ring, the now-estranged mates was attempting to reconcile.

Shue, for his part, wiped Robach disconnected each his societal media accounts.

The co-hosts were backmost connected the aerial Thursday and Friday greeting but did not code the ungraded each astir them. ABC

Robach and Holmes reportedly whitethorn person been romantically intertwined since astatine slightest March, erstwhile they were grooming for the New York City marathon. Sources told The Post connected Thursday that Robach and the “Melrose Place” alum’s divorcement is astir finalized.

“He moved retired earlier this summer,” 1 root shared. “They’ve perpetually had problems implicit the years, and they yet broke up.”

Just 1 twelvemonth ago, though, successful a joint December 2021 interrogation with Robach connected “The View,” Shue gushed astir his woman and the occurrence of their matrimony and communal step-parenting. The quality was pegged to a children’s publication they authored, “Better Together.”

Page Six has reported that Holmes and Robach were getting cozy portion grooming for a March half-marathon.New York Road Runners via Getty Images

Robach besides ran with her hubby Shue.NYRR via Getty Images

“This is our top accomplishment due to the fact that it is not easy,” Shue said astatine the clip astir their marriage. “Anybody who’s blended a household knows that erstwhile you’re bringing unneurotic antithetic parenting styles it is precise hard.”

Robach has 2 daughters, Ava and Analise, with ex-husband Tim McIntosh, portion Shue shares sons Nate, Aidan, and Wyatt with his ex-wife, Jennifer Hageney. Shue said blending their families was challenging but rewarding.

“I springiness Amy each the recognition for truly sticking with it due to the fact that determination were a batch of times wherever I was benignant of the occupation successful figuring retired however to make a playbook together,” helium explained during the interview. “I resisted. It’s pugnacious to person 2 playbooks. You person to person 1 playbook. And erstwhile you’re joined for the archetypal time, it’s evident you person 1 playbook. And Amy has brought truthful overmuch to my boys, discipline, and love. It’s truly been a journey.”

Robach was spotted extracurricular her Manhattan location connected Friday.William Farrington

Holmes was besides spotted successful New York City connected Friday, juggling 2 phones.ZapatA/MEGA

Robach was arsenic rhapsodic astir her then-husband successful response.

“Andrew’s being precise selfless there,” Robach said. “He brought truthful overmuch emotion and operation and joyousness and bosom to our household arsenic well, and truthful the 2 of america made decisions to get connected the aforesaid page. But it was not easy, and sometimes it inactive isn’t easy. It’s not that we’ve figured it out. We’re conscionable trying to enactment together, that’s the full point.”

Holmes and Robach person reportedly been precise affable since helium joined the GMA team successful 2014. Robach antecedently told People that she was thrilled erstwhile execs decided to brace them connected “GMA 3.”

Robach was reportedly thrilled erstwhile she was paired up with Holmes connected “GMA3.”ABC via Getty Images

“[They] said, ‘Hey, we privation to bring connected a co-anchor. What bash you deliberation of T.J. Holmes?’ And I astir fell retired of my chair,” Robach said.

“My God. You couldn’t person picked a amended idiosyncratic to inquire maine what I thought of, due to the fact that we’ve been trying to fig retired a mode to enactment unneurotic for virtually the past 5 years.”

Robach besides elaborate to People however she and Shue double-dated successful the aboriginal years with Holmes and Fiebig.

Robach said she and Holmes instantly clicked erstwhile helium started moving for ABC.ABC via Getty Images

“The infinitesimal helium started astatine ABC, I deliberation we conscionable clicked,” she said. “We’ve gone connected tons of treble dates with our spouses and my daughters babysit his daughters.”

The 2 couples’ closeness is somewhat reminiscent of former CNN caput Jeff Zucker’s once-secret matter with his then-colleague Allison Gollust, a 10-year narration that began portion Zucker and his woman and Gollust and her hubby lived successful the aforesaid Manhattan flat building. It led to their respective divorces arsenic good arsenic their communal downfall astatine CNN.

Meanwhile, Mika Brzezinski and her now-husband Joe Scarborough, the co-anchors of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” reportedly began an matter portion they were some joined to others but someway escaped scandal.

“I don’t request pickup lines,” Holmes erstwhile said connected the air.Getty Images,

“Everyone knew, I mean everyone,” a erstwhile NBC News staffer said of Brzezinski and Scarborough’s initially illicit romance. “But someway it ne'er turned into an issue.”‘

Robach has acquisition weathering storms some connected and disconnected camera. Born successful Michigan and raised successful Georgia, Robach began moving astatine a section presumption successful Charleston, SC and moved to WTTG successful Washington earlier methodically moving up the ladder of cablegram and web news. A stint astatine MSNBC successful 2003 led to the “Weekend Today” anchor occupation astatine NBC News. She near for “Good Morning America” successful 2012.

A moving motortruck was spotted extracurricular Robach’s Manhattan location connected Friday.William Farrington

In 2019 she was caught successful a hot mic moment when complaining about how ABC allegedly “quashed” her exclusive coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein enactment scandal before it exploded years later.

In 2013, she recovered retired she had Stage 2 crab successful some breasts and lymph nodes. She underwent a treble mastectomy and said astatine the clip that doctors had caught the cancer.

Robach said past twelvemonth that she credited a keto fare and intermittent fasting with maintaining her health. Her lookalike mother, Joanie, has a blog devoted to keto recipes called MyKetoHome that were inspired by her daughter’s illness.

In 2019 Robach complained about how ABC allegedly “quashed” her exclusive coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein enactment scandal.Getty Images for Breast Cancer Research Foundation

As for her existent paramour, Holmes, helium has ever sounded assured to tough out immoderate scandal.

If his matter with Robach doesn’t enactment out, helium astir apt won’t interest astir uncovering idiosyncratic new.

When his “GMA” co-host Sara Haines asked him successful 2015 astir what helium uses for pickup lines, Holmes looked momentarily puzzled.

“I don’t request pickup lines, are you kidding me?” helium said. “I accidental … ‘Hi.’ That’s my line.”