Disgraced Good Morning America co-hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes addressed their scandal head-on in the very first episode of their new podcast, Amy & T.J., in which they opened up about the “year of hell” they went through after news of their affair made headlines in 2022.
“There were days when I wanted to die,” Robach recalled through tears. “That was something I never experienced before in my life.”
She continued, “I just didn’t want to get up. I didn’t want to see what new headlines was going to be out there.”
Robach also revealed she had to perform a “welfare check” on Holmes after she struggled to get in touch with him. She said she began to “panic” and became “hysterical” after he began texting her “in the past tense.” Fearing that “he had done something” to himself, she recalled that she rushed to his apartment.
“You were just splayed out on your bed. I ran to you and said, ‘T.J.,’ and you didn’t move,” she said. “It was the most awful thing having to touch your body and see if you were warm. I was so afraid. You were just incoherent.”
Holmes recalled that day clearly. “That day was essentially me getting off work and pounding vodka. I didn’t stop for several hours and took who knows how many weed edibles,” he admitted.
Holmes also directly addressed their joint exit from ABC last year, saying they were “the folks who lost the jobs we love because we love each other.”
The couple went on to say they are now “happier than ever” and “planning a life together.” They have been more public with their relationship in recent months; they recently made their first joint red carpet appearance and ran a half marathon together in October.
Amy & T.J. is their first joint venture since they were fired from Good Morning America in January. The former co-hosts spent some time after their firing attempting to land a talk show at competing networks, to no avail. But reports claim they each received a five-figure sign-on bonus when they landed their podcast deal with iHeartPodcasts.
They were forced to leave ABC News and GMA after photos of the couple leaked online. The relationship appeared to be an affair since they were both still married to their previous partners, but Robach and Holmes claim they had already been separated from their marriages by the time they were photographed together.
“I’m in love with this woman and she’s in love with me and we are planning a life together,” Holme said during their podcast premiere.