Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have been using the first episodes of their new podcast Amy & T.J. to clear the air, after enduring a full year of rumors regarding their romantic relationship, the end of their marriages and the loss of their jobs as co-anchors of GMA3: What You Need to Know. When they said no topic was off-limits, they meant it too, and during a recent episode Robach responded to speculation that Robin Roberts and more of her former ABC News colleagues “abandoned” her amid the drama.
It’s been just over a year since Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes were taken off the air amid affair allegations that had become a “distraction” to the network, and it was reported at the time that Robin Roberts, Robach’s longtime friend and the face of Good Morning America, was “infuriated” by the scandal. Robach was asked specifically about Roberts’ and others’ responses during the fracas, to which the Amy & T.J. host replied:
We initially — I will say this — received nothing but support. I think we have texts to back that up. And when we first went back to work those first two days, my dressing room was filled with love and support. So I will say that. That’s where I can say things without any question. There was immediate and initial support.
Things apparently seemed fine for the first couple of days after their relationship was outed last November. However, it seems things got more complicated after she and T.J. Holmes were suspended and an investigation was started into whether or not they had violated company policy. Amy Robach seemed hesitant to speak specifically about Robin Roberts or any other former co-worker by name, especially after their joke about Sara Haines led some to think she’d been fired from The View. Robach continued:
Not everyone abandoned us, and I would say that we got a lot of follow-up texts. And I don’t know how people feel about being aligned with us now, and I don’t want to cause anybody any trouble. We all joked about Sara Haines and then it became, like, this headline. So I actually feel like I want to be careful about who I say continues to support us, but we have a lot of support from our former co-workers.
Amy Robach avoided speaking to the current state of her and Robin Roberts’ friendship, but it sounds like she’s still in touch with at least some of her friends from ABC News. Robach and Roberts were friends for over a decade at the network and became particularly close after Robach was diagnosed with breast cancer after undergoing an on-air mammogram in 2013 in a segment that Roberts convinced her to do.
However, when Robin Roberts married her longtime partner Amber Laign in September, Amy Robach was not in attendance, and it was rumored that Roberts had banned her and T.J. Holmes from the festivities.
In regards to their current friendships, T.J. Holmes wrapped up the situation by saying:
There are plenty of folks we saw every single day that we ain’t heard from since. And then there are plenty of people that we don’t talk to that often — or didn’t — who have been checking on us every day.
As for who is and who isn’t in the former GMA3 co-hosts’ corner, it seems like they’re content to let those people speak for themselves. You can hear more from Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes — including their thoughts on tying the knot — on Amy & T.J. wherever you get your podcasts.
