T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are taken off air after affair was revealed

Good Morning America hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach have been taken off air following DailyMail.com’s bombshell report revealing their affair. 

Sources tell DailyMail.com that the lovers have been removed from GMA3 ‘indefinitely’. 

Instead, ABC National Correspondent Stephanie Ramos and Transportation Correspondent Gio Benitez will host GMA3 today while ABC works out how to handle the PR nightmare, sources claim. 

‘There is massive confusion internally,’ a source said. ‘ABC News executive Kim [Godwin] has taken them off the air while they deal with this internally.’

The co-stars appeared to be taking the scandal in stride as they continued to anchor the news last week without responding to the report, which included photos of the couple on a romantic getaway, holding hands in the back of a car and sharing a laugh at a bar. 

But on Friday the pair finally acknowledged the drama surrounding their clandestine affair by awkwardly laughing off the scandal as they opened the show. 

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach have been taken off air following DailyMail.com’s bombshell report revealing their affair 

A series exclusive DailyMail.com photos published on Wednesday revealed their intimate relationship, with the pair seen going on dates around the city and traveling to and from each other’s homes throughout the month of November

The couple were caught in a rare PDA moment as they held hands in the back of an Uber while heading to Robach’s apartment

Sources tell DailyMail.com that Stephanie Ramos and Gio Benitez will host GMA3 this week while ABC works out how to handle the PR nightmare

Holmes and Robach had remained tight-lipped since DailyMail.com revealed the two have been secretly dating despite being married.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are seen with ABC President Kim Godwin in an Instagram photo in March

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It is not known when or how Holmes’s wife 44-year-old attorney, Marilee Fiebig, and Robach’s husband, former Melrose Place actor Shue, 55, learned of the romance, but both couples went their separate ways in August this year, according to sources. 

Holmes, 45, welcomed viewers to the lunchtime program Friday with a tongue-in-cheek remark alluding to the controversy, joking that it has been a ‘great week’ for the news anchor. 

‘You know, it’s too bad it’s Friday. It’s been a great week,’ he said sarcastically, drawing giggles from Robach, who responded with: ‘Is it?’

‘I just want this one to keep going and going and going,’ he replied. ‘Just enjoy it. Take it all in.’

Robach shot back: ‘Speak for yourself. I’m excited about the weekend. And I’m sure everyone else is too.’

‘We all love our Fridays around here. Some of us do, at least,’ she added as they both laughed nervously. 

In another subtle quip later in the show, both Robach and Holmes broke out in giggles again during a health and wellness segment about stress relief with fellow co-host Dr. Jennifer Ashton.

As Ashton listed the benefits of art therapy, one of which is helping lower stress, Robach replied snickering: ‘We should get an art desk.’ 

Holmes, laughing, then chimed in saying: ‘We are taking art classes this weekend, Dr. Ashton.’ 

The pair finally alluded to their secret love affair on air for the first time by awkwardly laughing off the scandal as they opened Friday’s show

Earlier on Friday, after GMA3’S taping, Robach was seen in public for the first time as she moved out of the New York City home she shared with her now estranged husband Andrew Shue

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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 two co-anchors, whose on-screen chemistry has captivated audiences since they joined GMA’s third hour in 2020, can be seen laughing and cozying up to each other at the pub after a morning of filming on November 10 

Earlier on Friday, after the show’s taping, Robach was seen moving out of the New York City home she once shared with her now estranged husband Andrew Shue, where she broke her silence on the controversy for the first time. 

Robach appeared in good spirits despite the scandal, smiling and waving to the cameras before politely answering questions from DailyMail.com. 

When asked if she had anything to say, Robach replied: ‘It’s been great. I’ve gotten a lot of support. And, you know, I appreciate everything, and I’m happy to be going to work,’ before getting into a black service car. 

Sources say staff have also been left furious and dismayed by the way the affair has disrupted the newsroom. 

ABC insiders were shocked to see the couple continue to work on air, telling DailyMail.com last week, ‘Disney needs to step in and take action here. We’re a family friendly network and these two are not displaying family values or Disney’s values.’

They added: ‘Bob Iger needs to intervene and terminate them both. He should also be asking Kim Godwin [President of ABC News] how this was allowed to happen on her watch.’ 

Photographs posted on Robach’s Instagram as recently as March show Holmes, 45, with his arm casually draped on her husband Andrew Shue’s shoulder, with both men apparently firmly part of Robach’s, ‘half marathon posse’

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It is not known when or how Holmes’s wife 44-year-old attorney, Marilee Fiebig, and Robach’s husband, former Melrose Place actor Shue, 55, learned of the romance, but both couples went their separate ways in August this year, according to sources 

Adding to the sense of dismay is the sadness many staff feel for Robach and Holmes’s spouses of 12 years, former Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue and attorney Marilee Fiebig. 

One said: ‘Everyone loved Andrew at ABC and we felt so bad for him. He is Billy from Melrose Place for God’s sake, what the hell is Amy doing? And T.J. oh T.J. – there is so much more to his story.’ 

Shue deleted photos of Robach from his Instagram after the affair was revealed. 

Holmes’s wife Marilee Fiebig declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com and has not spoken publicly since news of the romance broke.

Despite reports that Amy and Andrew have divorced, DailyMail.com has learned the couple has consulted with a mediator. 

Up until now, Robach and Holmes were understood to have a close but platonic friendship, even socializing as a foursome with each other’s spouses.

Robach, who shut down her Instagram account in the wake of the scandal, had even shared photos – as recently as March – showing Holmes with his arm casually draped on her husband Shue’s shoulder, while training for a half marathon. 

Shue’s last appearance on his wife’s Instagram account was later this summer on July 30 when she posted from a holiday together in Greece.