Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Element Secretly Overcoming ‘Ugliness’ 1 Yr In the past

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are reflecting on their noteworthy previous yr.

On Dec. 5, 2023, the couple launched their iHeartRadio podcast, Amy & T.J.. It was information that got here a number of months after PEOPLE confirmed that they’d not be returning to their roles at ABC Information and GMA3 amid their relationship, which first made headlines in November 2022.

Whereas talking on Thursday’s podcast episode which was titled “365 Days Later…”, Robach, 51, stated “it is a daunting job” to “begin over.”

“I believe again to final Dec. 5, and there have been tears, there have been fears. I used to be scared and excited all of sudden,” she stated.

Holmes, 47, added of how he felt on Dec. 5 final yr, “I used to be pissed off, I used to be p—–, I used to be nervous. That grew to become concern later, nevertheless it wasn’t a celebratory day on the time, as a result of we discovered that there are nonetheless forces on the market who’re after us it doesn’t matter what we do, and our success and our pleasure and our happiness and our future is threatening and upsetting to some individuals.” 

The broadcaster stated it “was a giant day for us a yr in the past,” telling the podcast that “others selected to attempt to assault us on that day, even.” 

“That is my sincere reply,” Holmes shared. “That is how I used to be that day… We had household stuff happening due to it. That was some ugliness on Dec. 5 final yr, and no person will ever know and we are going to by no means reveal. However it was a tough day, a really tough day, and it should not have been.”

Robach admitted, “I do not understand how I forgot about all of that, however you are proper, that marked a lot of the day, and I do consider wanting again… now we have had loads of powerful days in between, and we nonetheless can have loads of powerful days going ahead. However it’s what you be taught alongside the way in which about what you are manufactured from and the way you get by way of these items, how we get by way of it collectively — which is difficult in moments, nevertheless it’s what brings us collectively ultimately.” 

“I believe, gosh, going by way of darkness provides you the angle of how nice it feels to be within the gentle, to be within the sunshine,” she insisted.

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The duo have spoken brazenly over the previous yr or so concerning the media storm that resulted from their relationship.

Robach and Holmes have each clarified that it didn’t overlap in any respect with their prior marriages to Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig, respectively. Each {couples} have since divorced.

On the Oct. 28 episode of their podcast, the pair had been requested, “Would you say that is probably the most you may have liked your self?”

“I’ll say sure, now,” Robach responded on the time. “However going by way of the final two years, I had moments the place I struggled as a result of the narrative that was being spun about me — and about us — weighed on me, and I needed to work by way of that.”

“I fell into just a little little bit of that spiral once we had been always within the headlines and other people had the narrative mistaken and had been judgmental, and I felt the load of that,” Robach continued, including that she’s now “one of the best” she’s been when it comes to the love she has for herself.