TJ Holmes had praised marriage and said “everybody should do it” before rumors erupted over an alleged affair with his co-host Amy Robach.
The 45-year-old Good Morning America host has been under heat after being accused of cheating on his wife, Marilee Fiebig, with Robach, 49.
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The public first caught wind of the affair after Holmes and Robach, who is married to Andrew Shue, were spotted enjoying what looked like a series of PDA-filled “dates” and even a weekend getaway together in November.
In pictures obtained by DailyMail.com, Holmes and Robach looked intimate while having a drink at a bar in New York City on November 10.
They were also caught apparently spending time together at each other’s apartments in Manhattan.
The pair – who began anchoring GMA 3 in 2020 – reportedly headed to upstate New York on November 11 for a weekend getaway at a cottage two weeks before Thanksgiving.
While the hosts are legally married, a source told the outlet that they are in process of separating from their partners.
Back in 2014, one of the alleged adulterers, claimed to be a “proponent” of marriage.
In Holmes’ resurfaced audition tape for Entertainment Tonight, he said that “marriage gets a bad rap so many times.”
“I’m such a marriage proponent,” Holmes said.
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“I want everybody to get married,” he said. “I think everybody should and I think you’re better off in doing so.”
‘PUSHED OUT’
After the rumors spread about Holmes and Robach’s reported affair, the hosts were said to reportedly be “pushed out” of the morning show, an insider exclusively told The U.S. Sun.
The source close to production of the family-oriented ABC news program said execs and top talent are furious over the co-stars’ alleged romance that has rocked the GMA staff and thrown production into absolute chaos.
The source said: “There is no way they are going to be able to stay at GMA.
“They may not be outright fired, but they’ll be relegated to lesser roles, which will make it undesirable for them to continue.”
The insider claimed: “Production is scrambling to make appropriate changes to appease an upset audience.”
CONTRACT BREACH
The affair isn’t just an image issue for the show, but a legal one.
Holmes and Robach have broken their morality clause in their million-dollar contracts and could face firing for their alleged affair, according to a source.
The U.S. Sun exclusively obtained and reviewed the code of conduct that the co-stars were required to read and sign upon being hired by ABC.
According to sources, the pair’s alleged affair may have been in violation of the contract.
The contract commands talent to “act at all times with due regard to public morals and conventions.”
The clause continued that talent shall not engage in behavior “which tends to bring you or us into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule….or which might reflect unfavorably upon us, or injure the success of the programs.”
The text concluded: “We may terminate this Agreement upon notice to within thirty (30) days after we acquire knowledge thereof.”
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Holmes has been married to Fiebig since 2010 and this is the second alleged affair that he’s been a part of.
The TV star also had a romantic relationship with former GMA producer Natasha Singh, another married co-worker, for three years.
Holmes allegedly had an affair with Singh that began in 2016, the Daily Mail reports.
Singh, 37, was married to movie producer Garrett Braren at the time, but the two have since split.
That affair reportedly lasted until 2019 – despite Singh’s departure from GMA and subsequent move to CBS in 2017.
Holmes was allegedly able to salvage his marriage to Fiebig for the time being.
Robach and Singh were reportedly close friends.