Gayle King has thoughts about the “messy” relationship scandal that’s rocked rival Good Morning America.
On Thursday’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the CBS Mornings co-host was asked about GMA3 anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes being sidelined by ABC News after it was revealed they’re dating. Robach and Holmes separated from their spouses in August, insiders have claimed.
“It’s simply gotten very messy and very sloppy,” King said. “In the start, I really thought: Good on Good Morning America. They’re saying they’re not taking them off the air. It’s two consenting adults.”
“But then the extra you learn, it is simply very messy,” the 67-year-old newswoman continued. “To me, it is only a unhappy state of affairs since you’ve bought children concerned, you have bought households concerned, and I preserve enthusiastic about that. I’m very involved about that.”
Photos of Robach and Holmes holding hands and appearing more than friends were published by Daily Mail on Nov. 30. Insiders claimed the relationship began after they split from their respective spouses, Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue and attorney Marilee Fiebig, over the summer. Initially, the co-workers returned to the air, co-hosting GMA3 without directly addressing their romance. However, the story continued to build — with allegations that Holmes had extramarital affairs with other GMA staffers — and ABC brass yanked them from the air, saying the situation had become a distraction.
On Thursday, Yahoo Entertainment confirmed that ABC is conducting a review to see if Holmes and Robach violated any company policies amid their relationship. That differed from ABC News President Kim Godwin previously saying during an internal editorial call on Monday that Holmes and Robach’s consensual relationship was “not a violation of firm coverage.” However, Godwin did say they would be temporarily sidelined from anchoring GMA‘s afternoon spinoff while the network worked “by what’s finest.”
Robach has two daughters with her first husband Tim McIntosh, whom she divorced in 2008. When she married Shue, she became stepmom to his three sons with ex-wife Jennifer Hageney. “We’ve been described because the Brady Bunch,” Robach has mentioned. As for Holmes, he has three youngsters — two with first spouse Amy Ferson, whom he break up from in 2007, and one with Fiebig.
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