UPDATE (1/27/2023 6:45PM):
Amy Roback and T.J. Holmes are formally now not with ABC News after their romantic relationship was found.
“After several productive conversations with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, about different options, we all agreed it’s best for everyone that they move on from ABC News,” the information division mentioned in an announcement by way of Variety. “We recognize their talent and commitment over the years and are thankful for their contributions.”
The official announcement comes after studies earlier within the day that Roback and Holmes can be exiting GMA3: What You Need to Know; they’d been off air since December and an inner evaluation was performed after information broke of their affair.
ORIGINAL STORY (1/27/2023 12:42PM):
Good Morning America‘s T.J. Holmes and Amy Roback are poised to exit GMA3: What You Need To Know following the revelation of their romantic relationship while vacationing. Earlier this year, ABC News President Kim Godwin told network staff that the two anchors’ scandal was creating an “internal and external distraction” and determined to tug the duo off the air pending an inner investigation. It’s been a thriller as to what would occur to the duo hosts for a number of weeks.
Now, a mediation session held on January 26 concluded with the choice to axe the GMA3 anchors, in keeping with Deadline. An official announcement of their exit from the present has not but been made, however one is predicted quickly.
The GMA3: What You Need To Know hosts have been benched again in December after information of their affair grew to become public, resulting in them formally disclosing their romantic relationship to the community. The couple was taken off the air whereas an investigation befell into the character of their relationship and what, if any, punishment needs to be given. The present has featured fill-in hosts since then.
The couple had reportedly been an merchandise for many of 2022 earlier than the information of their relationship reached the tabloid press. Both Robach and Holmes are mentioned to have separated from their respective spouses — Robach married actor Andrew Shue in 2010, whereas Holmes married lawyer Marilee Fiebig that very same yr. The Robach-Holmes relationship was initially reported in a narrative with images on DailyMail.com.
Holmes and Robach have been co-hosts of GMA3 since September 2020, becoming a member of ABC News chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton and changing a program devoted to the Coronavirus pandemic that launched earlier that yr. The earlier incarnation of the Good Morning America spinoff, GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke, additionally ended earlier that yr.
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