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Amy RobachandT.J. Holmeshave a message for their fans — and their haters — after launching their new podcast,Amy and T.J.,on Tuesday.
Holmes, 46, took to hisInstagram Storyon Wednesday to thank their followers for tuning in to the podcast’s first episode with a selfie of him and Robach, 50, leaning their heads on each other. Beneath the cozy shot, Holmes wrote, “thank you all ❤️" and tagged their podcast’s account, as well as Robach.
Across the screen read a Bible verse — which were also lyrics from a Fred Hammond & Radical for Christ song playing in the background — with a different message.
“No weapon formed against me shall prosper,” it said.
The verse is pulled from Isaiah 54:17, and concludes with, “And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn,” though Holmes did not include that second line on his Instagram Story.
Robach later reshared the post on her ownInstagram Story.
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The verse was seemingly targeted toward the cynics of Robach and Holmes’ relationship, which the formerGMA3: What You Need to Knowhosts only recently made Instagram official in November when theyannounced their joint podcast.
Breaking their silenceon the podcast’s premiere on Tuesday, Robach noted, “Today is a special day. It’s almost apropos that we would have this podcast air on December 5th because December 5th last year, exactly one year ago today, was the day we were told not to come into work.”
“We never got a follow-up call to say come back,” laughed Holmes, while Robach added, “That’s true. It was the opposite.”
One year ago, ABC News President Kim Godwindecided to put them on hiatusafter news of their workplace romance surfaced, leading them both to officiallydepart the seriesin January.
On the podcast, Holmes shut down rumors of an affair, saying, “To be clear, we were outed as being in a relationship, but everyone else thought we were being outed as adulterers — being outed as cheating on our spouses — and it wasn’t the case because the odd thing is, the day those pictures were taken and the day that article was released, we both at that point were in divorce proceedings.”
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“We had attorneys, mediators, we were in the middle of divorces,” insisted Robach, saying that when the first images of her and her now-boyfriend were taken, it was three months after her estranged husband had moved out of the house they shared together.
Holmes joked that the couple pondered calling the podcastScandal-less“because this was the scandal that wasn’t."
Since their relationship was confirmed, Robach and Holmes have become more comfortablebeing in the public eyetogether. Over the weekend, theymade their red carpet debut as a coupleat iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball 2023.
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source: people.com