T.J. Holmes called Amy Robach his 'best friend' and 'GMA' his 'dream job' ahead of scandal - New York Post

T.J. Holmes cheerfully called workfellow Amy Robach his “best friend” and his “Good Morning America” anchor seat his “dream job” successful a Post interrogation conscionable weeks earlier his nonrecreational and idiosyncratic beingness came crashing down.

“I americium a really, truly fortunate dude … I americium present successful my implicit imagination occupation … And I get to beryllium adjacent to my champion person doing it,” helium gushed to The Post connected Oct. 21, up of moving the Nov. 6 TCS New York City Marathon with Robach.

The disgraced host, 45, spoke astir however blessed helium was co-anchoring the 3rd hr of GMA3 with Robach, 49 — blissfully unaware that occupation was astir to beryllium successful jeopardy.

“I ne'er ever ever could person imagined things moving retired the mode they have,” helium said.

On Nov. 30, the news broke that the stars were allegedly having an affair. Starting connected Dec. 5, the canoodling cohosts were taken disconnected the air arsenic ABC decides their fates and investigates their relationship.

Just implicit a period anterior to their cheating allegations surfacing, T.J. Holmes gushed astir his “Good Morning America” costar.T.J. Holmes/Facebook

It has since been revealed that Holmes allegedly had affairs with aggregate ABC staffers and the station is looking into whether oregon not helium broke institution rules by dating women who were little elder successful the hierarchy.

Before the ungraded exploded, Holmes seemed to deliberation his web presumption was unafraid — and helium wasn’t readying connected leaving anytime soon. “So what’s adjacent successful my career? I got a large happening going and I privation to support it going arsenic agelong arsenic I can,” helium said.

The Arkansas autochthonal explained what made the gig truthful great.

“I get to amusement my personality and I inactive get to bash news,” helium said. “I inactive get to spell live. I inactive get to travel.”

Ironically, the begetter of 3 said helium wasn’t definite wherever his beingness and vocation were heading semipermanent — but seemed to expect much success.

“I get the question, ‘Where bash you spot yourself successful 5 years?'” helium said. “And I person nary thought due to the fact that each program I’ve had successful my beingness … I did not extremity up there, but I ended up determination adjacent amended than I could have imagined.”

The Post spoke to Holmes up of his moving the TCS New York City Marathon with Robach.Christopher Peterson / SplashNew

Holmes credited Robach, who joined “Melrose Place” histrion Andrew Shue successful 2010, for his newfound emotion of running.

“I’ve ever tally arsenic portion of exercise, but I ne'er truly called myself a runner . . . but she’s the 1 that got maine into keeping up with my clip and distance,” helium said.

“She benignant of publically shamed maine for rather a while,” helium joked. “So yes, it was each Robach.”

A begetter of three, T.J. Holmes shares one, a girl calved successful 2013, with his woman Marilee Fiebig.Getty Images for BET

He besides revealed that his wife, Marilee Fiebig, an migration lawyer and main diverseness serviceman astatine Save the Children US, whom helium wed successful 2010, recovered his caller committedness to the pastime surprising.

“She has seen maine spell from the mode I utilized to enactment retired to present walking retired and saying, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna spell tally 12 miles,” helium told The Post. “She’s like, ‘What?'”