Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are taking the following step collectively three years after information broke of their controversial romance.
“We're sharing with all of you that we're engaged and we've been engaged for nearly a month now,” Robach, 52, stated on the Tuesday, October 14, episode of the iHeartRadio “Amy & TJ” podcast.
Holmes, 48, added, “We needed to allow you to all know earlier than anyone else was in a position to; we've realized that lesson, I suppose, up to now about our relationship.”
Holmes shared that Robach had worn her engagement ring in public, round “crowds of tens of hundreds of individuals” and “in everybody's face,” however “no one stated a phrase.”
“I used to be in three large soccer stadiums three weekends in a row, sporting my engagement ring very proudly, very excitedly, saved ready for any person to level it out or ask me, ‘Hey, what's that?' And it by no means occurred,” Robach stated, as Holmes teased, “We haven't been maintaining it a secret, however no one's requested!”
Information broke of the previous GMA3 cohosts' relationship in late 2022, whereas Robach and Holmes have been married to Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig, respectively. Us Weekly broke the information in January 2023 that the couple have been formally axed from their jobs at ABC amid the scandal.
Earlier this yr, a supply solely instructed Us that an “engagement is coming” for Robach and Holmes.
“It's been within the works for some time,” the insider shared in June, teasing {that a} proposal may occur “any day” and would in all probability be introduced on their podcast “when the time is correct.”
Robach and Holmes' marriage ceremony wouldn't be “flashy,” the supply stated, noting that the couple would invite their exes Fiebig and Shue — who at the moment are courting.
“How they received collectively isn't conventional, so they need the engagement and marriage ceremony this time round to be their very own type — modest and easy,” the insider stated. “They wish to share their vows in entrance of the closest individuals who matter to them to exhibit how a lot they love one another and are dedicated to one another.”
One month earlier than saying their engagement, Robach and Holmes received candid about the potential of increasing their household. (Robach shares daughters Ava and Annalie with Shue. Holmes, in the meantime, shares youngsters Brianna and Jaiden with ex-wife Amy Ferson and daughter Sabine with Fiebig.)
“I don't know what's happening, however we've got talked extra currently about having youngsters. We now have talked extra currently concerning the concept of even adopting a baby and often it's me bringing it as much as you,” Holmes instructed Robach on their “Amy & T.J.” podcast in September. “Normally the response is the one you all simply heard. She laughs at me. She's laughing at me.”
Robach shared that the thought amused her as a result of she was instructed she's “out of the newborn making enterprise” after her breast most cancers battle. (Robach was identified in 2013 and underwent eight rounds of chemotherapy and a breast reconstruction surgical procedure earlier than being declared cancer-free.)
“I do chuckle, as a result of sure, that was a painful factor to listen to at 40. However I've come to peace with it and am very glad to have had two youngsters,” Robach stated. “I'm saying this genuinely — my ladies have now gone off — however to have Sabine round is pleasure. I completely completely admire and truly actually look ahead to and love having that childlike, that sweetness round. It's superior.”
Holmes, for his half, famous that the thought of getting their “circle of relatives” is one thing he can “relate to.” He added, “It's not even a matter of watching you and your ladies, you watching me with mine. It's simply actually a matter of if you find yourself with you may't assist however wish to create your personal unit. And sure, these items typically come from different items and locations coming collectively, however you may have them.”
 
 

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 