GMA3 Anchors Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Hiatus - NEW DETAILS

Long hours, adjacent quarters, bonding, confiding, commiserating: There are reasons wherefore a workplace romance is simply a beauteous communal occurrence.

Yet for immoderate reason, it feels chaotic erstwhile it happens connected the acceptable of a greeting show.

Fans were riveted—online and IRL—last period when ABC News' Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, co-anchors of Good Morning America spin-off GMA3: What You Need to Know, were photographed acting similar more than friends and colleagues.

Not realizing they were the taxable of a dedicated media probe (into their idiosyncratic lives), the pair shared an intimate-looking laughter implicit beers astatine a Manhattan pub, made excursions to each other's apartments and spent clip astatine a cottage successful upstate New York—pictorial grounds of which was published Nov. 30 by DailyMail.com.

The cameras didn't seizure thing NSFW, but alternatively it was what radical thought they knew astir Holmes and Robach's respective narration statuses that turned this into the hot taxable of the vacation season.

Also once-divorced with 2 kids from his archetypal marriage, Holmes had been joined to lawyer and Save the Children executive Marilee Fiebig since 2010. They're parents of a 9-year-old girl together.

And portion nary 1 batted an oculus 2 years ago, you tin stake the newfound GMA3 obsessives were scouring societal media for clues erstwhile they dug up Holmes' 10th wedding day Facebook station from March 1, 2020: "This peculiar #decadechallenge is simply a small late, but 10 years ago, Marilee Feibig joined me. And contempt my champion efforts, she remained joined to maine the past 10 years. That's not hyperbole. I'm not being dramatic. I gave her plentifulness of reasons, excuses, and opportunities to locomotion her good ass retired the doooooooor."

Highlighting his wife's "grace and patience," helium continued, "Asking her for different 10 years would beryllium excessively much. Another 10 months? That whitethorn adjacent beryllium a stretch. If she gave maine different 10 weeks, I should see myself lucky. If she puts up with maine different 10 days, I'd beryllium grateful. But if she would adjacent spare different 10 minutes of her clip for maine today, I should see myself blessed."

Both Fiebig and Shue had witnessed their spouse emergence done the broadcasting ranks.

After 5 years arsenic co-anchor of MSNBC's Weekend Today, Robach joined GMA as a analogous successful 2012, yet becoming quality anchor of the greeting amusement successful 2014. She was named co-anchor of 20/20 successful 2018 and, aft helping usher viewers done the situation that was COVID-19 arsenic big of Pandemic: What You Need to Know, she took implicit the post-GMA timeslot for bully with the recently christened hour GMA3: What You Need to Know.

Holmes had stints astatine CNN, BET and MSNBC earlier joining ABC News successful 2014, wherever helium was soon named co-anchor of World News Now, ABC's overnight broadcast. He started co-anchoring GMA3 with Robach connected Sept. 21, 2020.  

"These are perfectly 2 of my favourite radical connected the planet," Holmes gushed, calling Shue "a dear, beloved friend."

This past March, Robach, Shue and Holmes all ran the United New York City Half Marathon, Holmes sharing afterward on GMA3 that his co-anchor was the 1 who convinced him to bash it.

"And you enjoyed it, too," Robach told her colleague, who finished somewhat up of her. "The grin connected your look was undeniable. Also, I conscionable wanted to constituent out—I'm going to accidental it for you—TJ bushed me."

Holmes modestly concurred. "We were moving together," helium said. "And I ended up a 2nd ahead, officially."

Robach, who ran her maiden NYC Marathon with Shue backmost successful 2019, had commemorated the time connected Instagram, captioning a bid of photos, including 1 of her and Holmes moving broadside by side, "What a cleanable contention day!!!! Beautiful weather, beauteous friends, and idiosyncratic records for each 5 of us."

The photos ran connected a Wednesday, meaning determination was nary play buffer betwixt the apparent relationship uncover and the adjacent scheduled installment of GMA3.

Deactivating their respective Instagram accounts but different not missing a beat, Robach and Holmes were backmost connected the aerial Thursday, Dec. 1. And because GMA3 isn't a rapid-fire free-for-all, alas, no 1 brought up what had transpired 24 hours beforehand.

Also by Dec. 1, Shue's Instagram was progressive but devoid of any Robach photos, including 1 from his GMA3 appearance, though a Nov. 10, 2020, selfie with a caption noting that helium missed his moving spouse remains.

An ABC News root told E! News that determination had been nary noticeable alteration successful Robach and Holmes' interactions with each different astatine work, and that since they always seemed to be close friends determination was nary crushed to fishy the quality of their narration had changed.

At the aforesaid time, the root added, portion the fig of photographs that were initially published (65, for the record) was a daze to see, the quality wasn't wholly surprising. When Robach and Holmes returned to enactment connected Dec. 1, they reportedly arrived together, looking precise overmuch a couple.

On Dec. 2, the GMA3 hosts alluded to the play that was percolating down the scenes.

"You know, it's excessively atrocious it's Friday," Holmes quipped during the show. "It's been a large week, conscionable privation this 1 to support going, and going, and going."

But retired of show did not mean retired of caput for those who know Holmes and Robach oregon were different abruptly precise invested successful their aboriginal unneurotic and astatine ABC.

"I'll accidental this: I cognize T.J," seasoned CNN host Don Lemon told Entertainment Tonight Dec. 6. "I person thing but emotion for him, and I anticipation that he's OK."

Regarding the narration gossip, helium added, "I don't cognize astir their situation. I'm not privy enough. But I conscionable similar to connection radical emotion and support, and I anticipation that they're OK and anticipation that they proceed to prosper." 

While acknowledging helium didn't "know anything" astir HR regulations astatine ABC News oregon anyplace else, Howard Stern said connected his SiriusXM show Dec. 6 that helium didn't deliberation a consensual bureau romance should beryllium a disciplinary matter.

If 2 colleagues privation to "be successful love, what bash I springiness a s--t?" Stern mused. "Why is that, like, violative to people?"

A week later, the amusement was inactive going connected without Robach, who was photographed connected a solo canine locomotion successful her NYC vicinity connected Dec. 7, and Holmes.

"I recognize that the continuing sum tin beryllium distracting from the incredibly important enactment our squad does present astatine ABC News," Godwin wrote successful a Dec. 12 bureau memo obtained by E! News. "Amy and T.J. volition stay off-air pending the completion of an interior review, and determination volition beryllium a rotation of anchors astatine GMA3 for the clip being. It is my anticipation that we volition proceed to absorption our vigor connected what we bash best, and I privation each of you to cognize however immensely arrogant I americium of your hard enactment and professionalism."

A root acquainted with the concern told CNN that ABC's ineligible section was conducting a review, focused successful portion on whether oregon not Holmes and Robach violated the company's morality rules. 

After being pulled disconnected the air, the couple of the hr were automatically the taxable of divided rumors. But a source adjacent to the concern told E! News Dec. 14, "They are inactive precise overmuch together." The pursuing day, they were spotted strolling to luncheon successful New York, limb successful arm.

What happens adjacent whitethorn beryllium a question for 2023.