Amy Robach Blames Lara Spencer for Her, T.J. Holmes’ ‘GMA3’ Break

Drama behind the scenes? Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes had been quickly benched from GMA3 — and an insider completely tells Us Weekly that Robach thinks her coworker Lara Spencer is behind the elimination.

“The bosses had been thrilled and giddy with the scores on Friday, however now Amy and T.J. are out of the blue off the present,” the supply claims. “It’s not a delayed response — one thing occurred and Amy is blaming Lara.”

Robach, 49, and Holmes, 45, made headlines on Wednesday, November 30, when the Every day Mail printed images of the duo — who’re each married to different individuals — getting shut throughout a number of outings collectively. Whereas the pair returned to host GMA3: What You Must Know for the remainder of the week, Us confirmed on Monday, December 5, that they received’t be again for the foreseeable future.

“ABC made the choice after additional particulars got here to mild,” the insider tells Us, including that Robach believes Spencer, 53, is the explanation she and Holmes are quickly off the present. In keeping with the supply, the stress dates again to late 2012, when Robin Roberts took a break from GMA whereas recovering from a bone marrow transplant.

“Lara was furious that Amy was seen by bosses as Robin’s heir-apparent,” the insider tells Us. “It was clear that Amy could be the one to step in. Lara needed the gig and hasn’t ever forgotten it.”

Robach joined GMA as a correspondent in 2012 earlier than being promoted to coanchor in March 2014. One month later, Spencer was promoted to cohost of GMA together with Roberts, 62, and George Stephanopoulos.

“A key member of our on-air crew, Lara Spencer, rejoined ABC three years in the past — bringing her model, humor, sunny confidence, fantastic journalism and storytelling to GMA,” learn an April 2014 memo despatched by James Goldston, then-president of ABC Information. “Lara is clearly a vital ingredient within the success we’ve loved and I’m so happy to announce that Lara has been elevated to cohost of this system together with Robin and George.”

On the time, TMZ reported that there was stress between Robach and Spencer on set, however the duo denied feud hypothesis throughout a lunch date in New York Metropolis. “I do know it’s not as horny as the opposite story line, however we’ve been mates for a very very long time,” Spencer informed the outlet in April 2014. “I feel should you look again otherwise you’re a viewer and also you watch the present, it’s simply merely not true.”

Whereas Holmes and Robach are off the air, ABC Information journalists Stephanie Ramos and Gio Benitez will likely be filling in for them. In the course of the Monday episode, Ramos, 40, stated that her colleagues “have the time without work.”