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New Anchors Tapped For ‘GMA3’ After Firing Anchors Who Had Affair

Back in November, two anchors from the show GMA3: What You Need to Know found themselves making the headlines instead of reporting on them. It was revealed that co-anchors Amy Robach and TJ Holmes had been having a months-long affair. The crux of the issue wasn’t that anchors Holmes and Robach had kindled a relationship. It was the fact that they were both married at the time their relationship began. Robach and Holmes confirmed their relationship, but said that they were both separated from their spouses when they began dating.

Amy Robach TJ Holmes
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ABC had hoped that news of the affair would quietly go away, but it did not. ABC President, Kim Goodwin, announced that Homes and Robach would be suspended, pending an investigation into their actions. They have not been hosting GMA3: What You Need to Know since then. ABC staples Gio Benitez and Stephanie Ramos have been filling in as replacements since the suspension of Holmes and Robach.

GMA3 Amy Robach TJ Holmes
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However, it looks like the show may soon have permanent hosts to take over. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has tapped DeMarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim as the new anchor.

ABC News president Kim Godwin said Thursday that the hour will be led by anchors Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan, joining Dr. Jen Ashton, the chief medical correspondent for ABC News, who has been a fixture on the hour for the past three years.

Morgan and Pilgrim have been among the anchors that have filled in over the last few months.

“I am incredibly proud of the reporting Eva, DeMarco and Gio have brought to ABC News,” Godwin wrote in a memo to staff Thursday. “They join their colleagues Whit, Janai, and Dr. Jen whose steadfast commitment to bold, straightforward journalism has been integral to their respective programs’ success.”

Amy Robach TJ Holmes GMA
Credit: ABC

After Holmes and Robach exited GMA and ABC, things appeared to get even more dramatic. Reports indicated that the two co-anchors were still going strong, and were even interested in getting married. They are reportedly still together, but are not married at this time.

It was also reported that Amy Robach was planning on releasing an explosive tell-all book that would make numerous people at ABC look bad. Robach had been with the network for so long that she knew where the skeletons were buried. Insiders said that, in order to get Robach not to publish the tell-all, ABC paid her A LOT more in her severance package than they paid TJ Holmes.

Holmes and Robach have not spoken out about their relationship. They have also not commented on their relationship or their relationships with their ex-spouses.

Krysten Swensen

A born and bred New England girl living the Disney life in Southern California. I love to read, to watch The Golden Girls, and love everything to do with Disney and Universal. I also love to share daily doses of Disney on my Disney Instagram @BrazzleDazzleDisney!

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