ABC Holds “Emergency Conferences” Over GMA Hosts’ Alleged Affair

Executives at ABC are holding “emergency conferences” over the fallout attributable to “Good Morning America” co-hosts Amy Roback and T.J. Holmes, who’ve been reportedly engaged in a secret love affair for the final a number of months.

A supply near the state of affairs informed the New York Submit that Robach, who’s married to actor Andrew Shue, together with Holmes, who’s married to immigration lawyer Marilee Fiebig, will “preserve their jobs if their rankings maintain up” over the subsequent a number of weeks.

ABC Information Insiders Reveal “GMA” Office Affair Scandal Has Helped Rankings Thus Far

The Submit experiences that the supply mentioned the scandal has solely helped their rankings because the story first broke on Wednesday.

“It’s in the end concerning the rankings,” the supply mentioned, whereas including that the scandal has brought on “rankings… to undergo the roof.”

In the meantime, one other insider added that ABC Information President Kim Godwin was unaware of the affair. A 3rd supply informed the outlet that the pair might face disciplinary actions provided that they didn’t disclose the connection beforehand.

“If ABC didn’t know, they need to implement firm coverage,” a high-level Hollywood supply mentioned.

The precise particulars of ABC’s coverage on inter-office relationships weren’t instantly obtainable.

Job Suspension Nonetheless On The Desk For Not Disclosing Inter-Workplace Relationship, Sources Say

Regardless of sky-high rankings, one of many sources mentioned the 2 might be suspended for the illicit office tryst.

“This story is good-old usual gossip,” the supply mentioned. “The most important takeaway is that they have been each silly.”

Representatives for ABC and “Good Morning America” didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark, in accordance with the Submit.

On Thursday, Robach and Holmes each hosted “GMA” collectively for the primary time because the story broke, nevertheless they didn’t handle the reported affair.

“Who’s trying ahead to the weekend?,” Holmes awkwardly mentioned. “Uhh, me!,” replied Robach. “Yeah? In fact we’re,” Holmes mentioned.

Web page Six had damaged the story that Robach and her husband have been divorcing simply moments earlier than the 1 p.m. broadcast.

T.J. Holmes Joked He Gave Spouse Lots Of “Causes” To Depart Marriage Prior To Alleged Affair

As beforehand reported by The Shade Room, Holmes joked about giving his now-estranged spouse “loads of causes, excuses and alternatives” to go away their marriage previous to his alleged affair with co-host Amy Robach.

A Fb submit from March 2020, the place Holmes wrote a tenth anniversary tribute to his spouse, immigration lawyer Marilee Fiebig, has since gone viral amid the information of his illicit office tryst, as reported by The Shade Room yesterday.

“10 years in the past, Marilee Fiebig married me,” the previous CNN anchor, 45, captioned throwback marriage ceremony pictures. “And regardless of my finest efforts, she remained married to me the previous 10 years.”

He continued: “That’s not hyperbole. I’m not being dramatic. I gave her loads of causes, excuses, and alternatives to stroll her positive a** out the doooooooor.”

Within the submit, Holmes, who shares 9-year-old daughter, Sabine, with Fiebig, additionally praised her “built-in black lady superpower” in exhibiting him “grace and persistence that’s incomprehensible.”

Information Of Scandal Broke Wednesday After Studies Of Months-Lengthy Affair Between “GMA” Co-Anchors

On Wednesday, The Shade Room initially reported that Holmes and Amy Robach had engaged in a months-long affair collectively, with each apparently leaving their companions in wake of the scandal.

Web page Six confirmed that their romance began in March, simply across the time the 2 started coaching collectively for the New York Metropolis half-marathon.

In August, they allegedly each left their respective spouses after being noticed “canoodling” in bars close to ABC Information headquarters in Might, a supply tells the outlet.