Smiling and chatting co-hosts and lovers TJ Holmes and Amy Robach touched down at the airport in Atlanta on Monday morning, ready to spend an intimate New Year’s together.
Seen in these exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com the couple, whose careers hang in the balance since their affair was outed last month, were affectionate and at ease as they deboarded a morning flight from New York.
DailyMail.com has been told that they are planning to spend New Year’s together in Georgia, and they seemed glad to have left New York City behind as they relaxed in each other’s company this morning.
Dressed casually, at one point Holmes, 45, put a protective arm around Robach, 49, as they navigated their way through the busy Atlanta terminal.
Smiling and chatting co-hosts and lovers T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach touched down at the airport in Atlanta on Monday morning, ready to spend an intimate New Year’s together
Dressed casually, at one point Holmes, 45, put a protective arm around Robach, 49, as they navigated their way through the busy Atlanta terminal
Holmes kept his hand on Robach’s shoulder as they strolled through the terminal
DailyMail.com has been told that they are planning to spend New Year’s together in Georgia
The GMA co-hosts seemed glad to have left New York City behind as they relaxed in each other’s company on Monday morning
ABC has yet to make a final decision on whether either or both will return to their lunchtime show since they were suspended ‘indefinitely’ following the revelation that their well-publicized friendship and on-screen chemistry had ‘crossed the line.’
And as the pair prepare to step into 2023 together, they may breathe a sigh of relief to leave behind a year in which their affair has left both of their 12-year marriages in tatters and heading to divorce.
Holmes has a house in Atlanta where the couple had planned to spend Christmas. It is not known whether those plans were derailed by the bomb cyclone that grounded thousands of flights or the whirlwind of scandal in which they are embroiled.
Robach and Holmes planned to spend Christmas in Atlanta where he owns a home, but it’s not clear if those plans were derailed by the bomb cyclone that grounded thousands of flights
Robach is seen smiling in the terminal as she and Holmes touched down
Certainly, the couple initially kept their distance in the immediate aftermath of the story breaking with sources questioning whether the relationship could survive the onslaught of attention.
But, just days before Christmas, they seemed unable to keep away from each other as they enjoyed a low key lunch at the Capitale Grill near Holmes’s apartment in the Financial District.
Robach had a salad and glass of white wine while Holmes enjoyed a steak and a glass of red before, seemingly buoyed by the wine and conversation, the loved up pair made the short walk back to his apartment.
The giddiness of their earlier liaisons, whether flirting in midtown bars or holding hands in the back of taxis, was lacking as they walked side-by-side but not touching.
But it was a different story as they emerged from the restaurant smiling and tucked into each other.
Just days before Christmas, Holmes and Robach seemed unable to keep away from each other as they enjoyed a low key lunch at the Capitale Grill near Holmes’s apartment in the Financial District
The pair grabbed lunch at The Capital Grille, where they did not seem too concerned about being seen as they opted to sit at the restaurant bar among other diners
Both Holmes and Robach have been married to their respective spouses, Marilee Fiebig and Andrew Shue, since 2010. Both couples are said to have split up in August this year after learning of the co-hosts’ romance.
At first Robach and Holmes seemed determined to brazen it out – with T.J. sparking disbelief when he appeared alongside Robach and made light of the scandal after their relationship became public.
Then, speaking on Friday December 2 he joked that it had been ‘a great week’ and that he wished it would ‘just keep going.’
Their next move was to claim that they were, ‘openly dating’ and speak about ‘growing their relationship.’
When Holmes was first approached for comment by DailyMail.com, his knee-jerk reaction was a career saving attempt to ‘adamantly deny’ the relationship existed at all.
Sources told DailyMail.com that while the two have accepted the fate of their marriages, they don’t want to ‘jeopardize their futures with the network any more than they already have.’
ABC News President Kim Godwin started earlier this month by issuing a memo to all staff in an apparent attempt to tamp down office speculation and gossip over what she referred to euphemistically as the ‘on-going matter involving GMA 3 anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach.’
Both Holmes and Robach have been married to their respective spouses, Marilee Fiebig and Andrew Shue, since 2010. Both couples are said to have split up in August this year after learning of the co-hosts’ romance
The pair spent a weekend shacked up in a cozy cottage in the Shawangunk Mountain region, checking out of their rental on Sunday November 13. Holmes was seen giving his lover a playful squeeze from behind as she packed up the car
The couple were caught by DailyMail.com in a rare PDA moment as they held hands in the back of an Uber while heading to Robach’s apartment
She wrote: ‘I understand that the continuing coverage can be distracting from the incredibly important work our team does here at ABC News.’
She informed staff, ‘Amy and T.J. will remain off-air pending the completion of an internal review, and there will be a rotation of anchors at GMA3 for the time being.’
And while Godwin seems at pains to project an image of ‘business as usual,’ insiders say that Holmes and Robach are both keenly invested in salvaging their own careers.
Both were viewed as rising stars within the ABC firmament.
Holmes joined the network in September 2014 and became permanent anchor on World News Now within three months as well as a correspondent for GMA.
Robach joined the network two years earlier, joining GMA as a correspondent before becoming the show’s news anchor in 2014.
In the days since they were pulled off the air, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes had been keeping their distance
Holmes is pictured before Christmas dressed casually in black sweats and a jean jacket while carrying a Christmas tree stand
In the weeks since DailyMail.com first broke the story, multiple, innuendo laden, videos have resurfaced, both from the couple’s now scrubbed social media and from the show itself.
From ‘lovers’ spats,’ to helpless giggles, knowing asides, and playful touches, the question many fans are now asking is just how ABC bosses could have been so blind to the secret that was playing out on stage right in front of their eyes.
When DailyMail.com approached ABC for comment shortly before breaking the story last month a spokesperson insisted that they knew nothing about the affair and that President of ABC News Kim Godwin had no clue of the rampant relationship taking place on her watch.
Certainly, Godwin has given every impression of a woman who was ‘blindsided’ by the affair.
Weeks on, she has yet to make any decision regarding their futures.
Yet according to one insider ABC hallways had long been ‘buzzing’ with talk of the affair.
And DailyMail.com has been told that GMA anchor Robin Roberts caught wind of the rumors some time ago and told both in no uncertain terms to ‘stop it.’
Viewers have drawn attention to the flirty banter and undeniable chemistry between Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes that played out on air and in front of the network’s eyes in recent months
Resurfaced clips from the show as well as photos and social media videos show the now obvious signs of the two co-hosts’ romance
They trained for the race alongside Robach’s estranged husband Andrew Shue, 55, who was considered firmly part of the ‘marathon posse’ and included in numerous now scrubbed social media posts by Robach.
Their cozy friendship and cute posts peppered both Holmes and Robach’s now deleted social media at the time as they worked, trained and socialized together.
Sitting side by side, Holmes lounges on the sofa, casually dressed in sweats, while Robach sits pert and straight-backed. They are filmed mid-chat.
‘You’ve been training,’ Robach states. Holmes interjects: ‘With you. And I run behind you, and you keep pace, so I don’t have to worry about these things.’
Robach responds: ‘And if you are the pacer, you do have to worry about these things.’
‘If you are the pacer does that make me the pacee?’ Holmes asks.
Robach replies: ‘Yes. But we’re going to both be finishers. That’s what counts.’
After revisiting episodes following the news of their affair, their undeniable chemistry on-screen had some fans convinced the two were ‘soulmates’
As Holmes joked about following Robach’s lead, she replied: ‘Yes. But we’re going to both be finishers. That’s what counts,’ creating a very sexually tense moment
Insiders had told DailyMail.com that Amy and T.J.’s secret romance had blossomed while the two were covering the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in London in June – where the pair appeared so giggly and giddy they almost seem to have forgotten they are on live TV at all
