TJ Holmes known as lover Amy Robach his ‘greatest good friend’ simply weeks earlier than affair was uncovered

T.J. Holmes gushed about his Good Morning America co-host and lover Amy Robach weeks earlier than their affair was uncovered, a resurfaced interview has proven.

The 45-year-old, in a New York Submit sit down on October 21, known as the 49-year-old his ‘greatest good friend’ and mentioned working together with her on GMA was his ‘dream job.’

‘I’m a extremely, actually fortunate dude… I’m now in my absolute dream job… And I get to take a seat subsequent to my greatest good friend doing it,’ he mentioned forward of operating the NYC Marathon together with her.

‘I by no means ever ever might have imagined issues understanding the way in which they’ve,’ he added.

Simply weeks later, DailyMail.com broke the information the chummy co-hosts have been having an affair. They have been taken off the air on December 5 whereas ABC decides their fates. 

T.J. Holmes, 45, gushed about his GMA co-host and lover Amy Robach, 49, in an interview with the New York Submit, calling her his ‘greatest good friend,’ weeks earlier than their affair was uncovered

ABC executives now face a potential racial firestorm in the event that they maintain Amy Robach and hearth her ‘serial cheater’ lover T.J. Holmes, who broke cowl for first time since he was taken off the air

Within the October interview, Holmes talked about how completely happy he was anchoring the third hour of GMA with Robach and shared that he needed to maintain doing what he was doing.

‘So what’s subsequent in my profession? I bought an awesome factor going and I need to maintain it going so long as I can,’ he mentioned. 

‘I get to indicate my character and I nonetheless get to do information,’ he mentioned. ‘I nonetheless get to go dwell. I nonetheless get to journey.’

However when requested about his five-year plan, Holmes, who has been married to Marilee Fiebig since 2010, responded that he had ‘no thought.’

‘I get the query, ‘The place do you see your self in 5 years?” he mentioned. ‘And I don’t know as a result of each plan I’ve had in my life … I didn’t find yourself there, however I ended up someplace even higher than I might have imagined.’ 

Holmes, who was talking with The Submit forward of the marathon, additionally shared that it was Robach who bought him into operating. 

Robach, who has been married to ‘Melrose Place’ actor Andrew Shue since 2010, ran the marathon with Holmes this 12 months. 

‘I’ve all the time run as a part of train, however I by no means actually known as myself a runner . . . however she’s the one which bought me into maintaining with my time and distance,’ he mentioned.

‘She form of publicly shamed me for fairly some time,’ he added. ‘So sure, it was all Robach.’

For the reason that couple’s affair was uncovered, it has been revealed that Holmes allegedly had affairs with different staffers at ABC. The corporate is investigating into whether or not Holmes violated any guidelines by being concerned with anybody in a much less senior place. 

Pictures posted on Robach’s Instagram as not too long ago as March present Holmes, 45, together with his arm casually draped on her husband Andrew Shue’s shoulder, with each males apparently firmly a part of Robach’s, ‘half marathon posse’

In June this 12 months, Robach additionally shared pictures of the 2 co-hosts masking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for GMA in London, the place their romance is believed to have first blossomed

The couple was suspended ‘indefinitely,’ on Monday, with Stephanie Ramos, 40, and Gino Benitez, 37, taking their seats within the present’s lunchtime hour, GMA 3 What You Have to Know.

However, based on well-placed sources, what employees must know is what bosses plan to do now.

GMA anchor and newsroom doyenne Robin Roberts, 62, is ‘livid’ with the affair which she has slammed as ‘messy’ and ‘tainting the model.’

Now, DailyMail.com has discovered, a annoyed Roberts has taken her considerations to the highest and complained to ABC’s mum or dad firm Disney in regards to the lackluster response to the scandal.

Roberts informed Holmes and Robach in no unsure phrases to ‘knock it off’ when she caught wind of the affair a while in the past.

However whereas religious Christian Roberts is looking for motion, prime brass are staring down the barrel of a potential racial firestorm.

Robin Roberts, 62, is ‘livid’ with the affair between Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes which she has slammed as ‘messy’ and ‘tainting the model’

‘Letting the black man go and retaining the white girl? It seems to be just like the worst kind of double customary and would depart them extensive open to racism allegations,’ a supply mentioned

A supply defined, ‘There’s been all these tales about T.J being a serial cheater with not less than one different affair and hints that there are extra.

‘However how can they let him go and maintain Amy? They love her they usually do not need to lose her. However think about the potential backlash in the event that they go down that path.

‘Letting the black man go and retaining the white girl? It seems to be just like the worst kind of double customary and would depart them extensive open to allegations of racism.’

One insider informed DailyMail.com, ‘Kim Godwin [President of News] is hopeless. She’s simply busy ensuring her greatest pursuits are lined and does not appear to have the ability to come to any choice in any respect. She’s completely unavailable and largely hiding in her workplace.’

In response to one, executives may additionally be afraid of taking a tough line for the precedent it will set. One mentioned, ‘If Amy and T.J are punished for his or her affair they will must deliver a jail bus to the studios to ship out the entire different {couples} who’re at it at ABC!’

Certainly, one former ABC producer informed DailyMail.com that the newsroom was ‘a hotbed’ of indiscretions and gossip. They mentioned, ‘I’ve actually by no means labored anyplace prefer it.’

It has additionally been identified that, for Disney Chief Government Officer Bob Iger, who was in New York this week, speak of inter-office relationships could all be a bit of too near dwelling for consolation.

Iger, 71, was President of ABC when he met his spouse, Willow Bay, 58, a GMA presenter whom he married in 1995, only one 12 months after divorcing first spouse Susan, 74. 

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are seen with ABC President Kim Godwin in an Instagram picture in March. One insider informed DailyMail.com, ‘Kim Godwin [President of News] is hopeless. She’s simply busy ensuring her greatest pursuits are lined and does not appear to have the ability to come to any choice in any respect. She’s completely unavailable and largely hiding in her workplace’

Holmes broke cowl for the primary time since his suspension, Friday afternoon. Pictured solely by DailyMail.com he was dressed casually in black sweats and a jean jacket and carried a Christmas tree stand

He acknowledged DailyMail.com as he headed into his condominium constructing in New York’s monetary district however declined to remark

Disney Chief Government Officer Bob Iger was President of ABC when he met his spouse, Willow Bay, a GMA presenter whom he married in 1995, only one 12 months after divorcing first spouse 

Holmes broke cowl for the primary time since his suspension, Friday afternoon. Pictured solely by DailyMail.com he was dressed casually in black sweats and a jean jacket and carried a Christmas tree stand.

He smiled and waved, acknowledging DailyMail.com as he headed into his condominium constructing in New York’s monetary district however declined to remark.

He lower a distinctly extra chipper determine than his lover Robach, seen a day earlier strolling her goldendoodle, Brody.

Then, an apparently weary Robach informed DailyMail.com, ‘It is actually form of over.’ It was unclear whether or not she was referring to the furor or the connection that sparked it.

She and Holmes haven’t been seen collectively since they have been taken off the air regardless of early claims to be, ‘overtly relationship’ and decided to ‘develop their relationship.’

It’s greater than every week since DailyMail.com broke the story of Holmes and Robach’s affair, a relationship that left each their marriages in tatters.

Robach, 49, cut up from husband of 12-years, actor Andrew Shue, 55. And Holmes, 45, has been kicked to the curb by long-suffering spouse, lawyer Marilee Fiebig, 44, to whom he was additionally married for 12 years.

Behind the scenes, ABC insiders have admitted they weren’t stunned that Holmes and Robach have been an merchandise. However they have been ‘shocked and dismayed’ on the manner it grew to become public and are angered by the community’s failure to adequately reply.

Since they started anchoring GMA 3 in 2020, the 2 hosts have been recognized to have an in depth friendship off display, with each typically sharing pictures collectively from ABC’s studio on Instagram

Because it stands, the community appears caught with insiders telling DailyMail.com that employees are confused and at nighttime since Godwin made the choice to take away Holmes and Robach from the air.

She made the decision after information broke that Holmes had carried out a three-year affair with then married GMA producer Natasha Singh, 37 – a bootleg relationship that pre-dated his affair with Robach.

However, sources say, the silence from the highest has been deafening ever since.

Rumors that Holmes and Robach have been having an affair had began on the community lengthy earlier than the pair started co-anchoring GMA 3 in 2020.

The truth is, in 2017 Holmes went to ABC Information executives to guarantee them that his relationship with Robach was purely platonic after studying that the hallways have been buzzing with rumors of an affair.

He informed bosses these have been ‘completely not true.’ Because it seems, Holmes was having an affair on the time, simply not with Robach. His affair with GMA producer Singh – considered one of Robach’s greatest mates – lasted from 2016 and 2019.

Sources informed Web page Six that Singh was very a lot in love with Holmes, even giving him a key to her condominium when she moved from LA, which is the place she was primarily based when the connection started, to New York. She has not commented publicly.