TJ Holmes declared his partner Amy Robach will not find an engagement ring in her stocking on Christmas, and his lady love said she doesn’t want one.
Holmes, 47, who was injured while running the Chicago Marathon in October, explained the reason on the couple’s podcast Amy & TJ in the episode released on Christmas day.
Robach, 51, made it clear during the conversation that she was not interested in mixing a marriage proposal with the holiday season.
The pair were discussing the most popular day for proposals, which their research found said was Christmas day.
‘I actually don’t like sharing holidays with special events. I like to have special events be their own special event,’ Robach said.
She later offered some sage advice. ‘If you have some big proposal on a big holiday, you’re always, it’s always going to take a little something away from that holiday if it doesn’t work out, just something to consider,’ she said.
TJ Holmes and Amy Robach said they would not be getting engaged on Christmas day, even though it appears to be the most popular day for a proposal (Pictured in New York City on December 13)
The discussion came up in a question and answer episode, inspired by fans’ inquiries into their possible future.
‘And no there will not be, obviously, for anyone who is wondering — there won’t be a Christmas Day proposal,’ Holmes told the audience.
Later in the conversation, the pair, who have both been married twice discussed their previous proposals.
Robach, who was married to former MLB player Tim McIntosh from 1996 to 2008 and actor Andrew Shue from 2010 to 2023, said she had been proposed to in the past on ‘random days that had zero significance.’
Holmes, who was married to fellow journalist Amy Ferson from 2004 to 2007 and attorney Marilee Fiebig from 2010-2023, said, ‘Random and insignificant, I think is a way to describe a lot.’
In an unusual twist of fate, Shue and Fiebig started dating each other soon after their splits.
They have managed to cobble together a blended family that include Robach’s daughters Ava, almost 22, and Analise, 18 from her first marriage and Holmes’ kids Brianna and Jaiden from his marriage to Ferson and daughter Sabine 11, whom he shares with Fiebig.
Holmes and Robach met while working on the third hour of Good Morning America, and both claim their marriages were in trouble before they fell in love.
The couple made the comments on the latest episode of their Amy & TJ podcast, which aired December 25. ‘I actually don’t like sharing holidays with special events. I like to have special events be their own special event,’ Robach said
Robach offered some sage advice. ‘If you have some big proposal on a big holiday, you’re always, it’s always going to take a little something away from that holiday if it doesn’t work out, just something to consider,’ she said (Pictured in Los Angeles in April)
They were suspended from their hosting duties in December 2022, and officially terminated in January 2023. They pair launched their podcast in December of the same year.
The partners in love and business said of a forthcoming proposal, ‘It’s not an if, it’s a when’ in a previous episode.
The couple have also launched another show, Morning Run, in September.
In that podcast they return to their journalistic roots, covering daily news, entertainment and lifestyle headlines.
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