Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes ‘free of hiding and running’ after red carpet debut

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are going to keep broadcasting their love story for the world and cameras after a near-year of holing up when their romance sparked affair allegations.

On this week’s episode of the new “Amy & T.J.” podcast, the former “GMA” broadcasters shared just how big it was for them to make their red carpet debut at iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball 2023 on Dec. 1 — a month after announcing the forthcoming pod.

“We flew out to L.A. proudly, didn’t have to duck paparazzi, walked right off that plane holding hands, it was amazing,” said 50-year-old Robach. “It’s funny how the smallest things feel so great and that was one of them.”

Holmes, 46, said the couple was so “proud stepping off the plane” they were hoping to get their picture taken.

“It was no small thing for us,” he added.

Robach said the moment marked “the first time” the colleagues and best friends-turned-lovers “ever stepped out officially as a couple in front of cameras that we actually knew were going to be there and didn’t mind and smile and we had fun.”

Noting they were “just being us,” Robach said the two have been described as “being handsy and a lot of PDA. … We’re in love. We’re happy. I don’t know how else to act.”

She went on to say it “felt good to be free of hiding and running and avoiding.”

From the start, Holmes and Robach’s camps have maintained their relationship was kosher and both were already “getting divorced,” as Robach noted on their podcast’s first episode.

She added that, prior to the headlines, only “a very small circle” of people knew about the splits.

Earlier this year, Robach and Holmes finalized their divorces with “Melrose Place” alum Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig, respectively. On the day “Amy & T.J.” premiered, Shue and Fiebig were reported to now be dating one another.

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