T.J. Holmes, Amy Robach Grew Nearer Amidst Her “Heartache”

The bond between “Good Morning America” co-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach reportedly grew after he helped her by a tough time, described by one insider as a “heartache” separation from her husband.

The supply instructed PEOPLE that “Amy was going by a heartache and TJ was very a lot there for her and useful, and that’s after they began one thing.”

Shue and Robach have since come near “finalizing” the divorce within the wake of the scandal, in keeping with RadarOnline. The couple reportedly break up earlier this summer time with Shue shifting out of their NYC house, which was offered simply weeks earlier than her relationship with Holmes’ got here to gentle.

Nonetheless, it seems Holmes’ was nonetheless very a lot married on the time of the illicit office tryst, to the timeline of the scandal, given the timeline offered by the supply.

“GMA” Office Affair Started After Robach’s “Heartache” Throughout Break up With Husband, Supply Says

The “GMA 3” anchors’ relationship went public on Wednesday after images emerged of the 2 of them getting cozy on a trip in upset New York, holding fingers in a automotive, and having fun with one another at a New York Metropolis bar, The Shade Room beforehand reported.

The supply provides that Robach, 49, and Holmes’ relationship was “the worst stored secret in ABC Information,” and that they “had no disgrace going out collectively and have been publicly doing this for for much longer than a month.”

“Staffers are very shocked it took this lengthy to return out,” the insider provides. “Everybody was turning a blind eye as a result of they didn’t need the controversy surrounding the present.

They had been each separated in order that they felt very comfy relationship within the open after that. Their spouses had moved out, even! So that they weren’t hiding something.”

A supply had beforehand instructed the outlet that there was no overlap between the co-hosts’ marriages and ensuing romance.

Insider Says Robach Has “Nothing To Disguise” And Was Separated At The Time She Began Seeing Holmes

“This was two consenting adults who had been every separated. They each broke up with their spouses in August inside weeks of one another,” the insider stated of Robach and Holmes, who has been married to legal professional Marilee Fiebig since 2010. “The connection didn’t begin till after that.”

Robach, who married actor Andrew Shue again in 2010, has “obtained nothing to cover,” the insider stated, including “they had been each separated in order that they felt very comfy relationship within the open after that.”

“Their spouses had moved out, even! So that they weren’t hiding something.”

Holmes Rapidly Struck Up Shut Connection With Robach Upon Becoming a member of “GMA” In 2014

In 2014, Holmes joined the “GMA” crew and rapidly struck up a detailed relationship with Robach, who had beforehand instructed PEOPLE about their friendship.

“[They] stated, ‘Hey, we wish to convey on a co-anchor. What do you consider T.J. Holmes?’ And I nearly fell out of my chair,” she stated. “My God. You couldn’t have picked a greater individual to ask me what I considered, as a result of we’ve been making an attempt to determine a approach to work collectively for actually the final 5 years.”

Robach went on to inform the outlet about their double dates with Shue and Holmes’ now-estranged spouse, immigration lawyer Marilee Fiebig.

“The second he began at ABC, I feel we simply clicked. We’ve gone on tons of double dates with our spouses and my daughters babysit his daughters,” she stated on the time.

Scandal Has Helped “GMA” Scores As ABC Execs Maintain “Emergency Conferences” Amidst Rising Affair Particulars

The scandal has apparently achieved wonders for the present’s rankings, as reported by The Shade Room Thursday, and has prompted ABC execs to carry “emergency conferences” as particulars of their office tryst start to emerge.

Holmes’ even posted a weird anniversary tribute to Fiebig a number of years in the past the place he stated he’s given her loads of “causes, alternatives and excuses” to go away the wedding, The Shade Room reported.