TJ Holmes and Amy Robach spotted kissing and embracing after GMA departure news breaks

Ousted Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach was caught kissing and jumping into fellow former anchor T.J. Holmes’ arms after they kissed for photographers just hours after their firings were made public. 

In photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, Robach, 49, and Holmes, 45, are seen kissing and embracing lovingly on a sidewalk in Los Angeles nearly two months after their affair was first made public. 

The pair were caught walking out of a Southern California establishment and walking hand in hand down the street. At one point, Robach even jumps into Holmes’ arms.

On Friday, DailyMail.com secured a copy of the email sent to GMA staff, reporting that ‘several productive conversations,’ it was agreed it was best for the couple to ‘move on from ABC News.’ 

Nothing to hide anymore! Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes were spotted embracing out in public

The photos of the pair embracing were taken Friday in Los Angeles 

The images come within hours of ABC confirming the network had parted ways with the pair

The pair first sparked headlines after they were caught in November affectionately hanging out around New York City. 

The hosts were accused of having an affair their by their respective partners in the fall, with Holmes officially filing for divorce in January. Robach’s divorce is all but finalized.

In the latest string of pictures, the two New York residents are spotted on a Southern California street laughing, holding each other, and walking while dressed down. 

Holmes wears just a black hoodie and jeans as he is seen lifting Robach off the ground as she pulls her legs around him at his waist. 

The journalist laughs as he picks her up and places her back on the pavement in the broad light of day on an open street. 

The pair both wore sunglasses but that did not cover their faces as they walked down the street, even embracing as another person walks directly behind them. 

It’s a sign that they are free and clear to go about their ‘new normal’ after weeks of firestorm and fallouts over their alleged affair, which ABC bosses referred to a ‘a distraction for so many of us.’ 

Holmes and Robach were caught exiting an establishment together 

The pair then walked down the street, holding hands and arms 

Smooch break! The couple stopped to embrace on the sidewalk 

The pair did not seem to be bothered by it being the middle of the day on a public LA street

The couple appeared in their own world, even embracing as another person walked directly behind them 

After taking their short kiss break, they continued walking

In the email sent out Friday, the execs said they are thankful for Robach and Holmes’ years with the network but are anxious to move on. 

‘We recognize their talent and commitment over the years and are thankful for their contributions,’ the email reads. 

‘Let’s not forget all the great work that continues to make ABC News the #1 news network in America, and that’s because of you. I want to thank you again for your patience and professionalism during this time.’ the email stated.  

The pair had been accused of not handling their romance appropriately by bosses. 

Execs said they believed Robach and Holmes waited too long to disclose their relationship and sources said the network felt that their ‘behavior on set’ was ‘uncomfortable’ for staff.

Hand in hand through it all! They have faced criticism for their approach to the scandal, not speaking about the incident in public and keeping it off the air 

This is just another outing for the pair who were first caught together in November 

Despite the circumstances of their exit, they have both been given compensation packages. 

ABC has also accused Robach of having alcohol in her dressing room and even being drunk at work after attending the National College Football Championship game.

It was a welcome announcement for many staff members who have spent the last two months waiting for the other shoe to drop. 

‘They got what they deserved. It didn’t help that they had few friends in the building to go to bat for either of them,’ one staffer told TMZ.

After the affair was exposed in November by DailyMail.com, ABC backed their two stars saying that they had not broken any rules.

Amy Robach and TJ Holmes have been fired by bosses at ABC News. Pictured in March 2022

An email was sent to all staff at the network detailing the bosses decision on Friday night

Holmes officially filed for divorce from his wife in January,  with news breaking as he was enjoying time with Robach (pictured together in Miami)

DailyMail.com revealed Holmes and Robach’s friendly relationship on air has evolved into a full blown secret romance off-screen, in recent months. The two are pictured having flirty post-filming drinks at a New York City bar on Thursday November 10 

The secret lovers did not spend Thanksgiving together, but wasted no time reuniting, when they were snapped traveling back and forth between each other’s apartments in Manhattan on November 28

Until now, the network had refrained from making any public comments on the decisions around the future of the hosts – with their on-air replacements continuing to say that they were just ‘filling in’.

The co-anchors were suspended from the show after initially weathering the storm, after exclusive DailyMail.com photos showed them getting cozy in November 2022.

Initially they returned to the air on December 1, just one day after the scandal broke, and appeared to make subtle quips about their situation.

Four days later president of ABC Kim Godwin announced that they would not appear on air because their relationship was a ‘internal and external distraction.’

Robach and Holmes were seen together at a New York City pub on Monday.

The two met up for drinks at The Full Shilling bar on Pearl Street, not too far from Holmes’s Financial District apartment where Amy has been spending a lot of time in recent weeks, exclusive DailyMail.com photos show.

They arrived separately and once inside opted for the bar’s very cozy and private seating area, also known as a ‘snug’ – a small enclosed room typically found at traditional old Irish pubs where patrons could drink discreetly.

ABC had refrained from giving a public update on the decisions around the future of the hosts – with their replacement continuing to say that they were just ‘filling in’. Holmes is pictured earlier this week

Sources say that the network felt that their ‘behavior on set’ was ‘uncomfortable’ for ABC staff who witnessed it. Amy Robach is pictured earlier this week

The couple was seen having a relaxing break over Christmas together, and were pictured by DailyMail.com kissing as they went for lunch in Miami, Florida.

They had tried to keep their distance in the immediate aftermath of the story breaking, as sources questioned whether the relationship could survive the onslaught of attention.

After DailyMail.com revealed that both the married co-anchors were having an affair, both Holmes’ and Robach’s 12-year marriages were left in tatters – with both couples splitting after learning of the illicit romance.

Robach shares daughters Ava, 19, and Analise, 16, with ex-husband Tim McIntosh. The duo also divorced in 2008.

Just days before Christmas, they were seen enjoying a low-key lunch at the Capital Grill near Holmes’s apartment in the Financial District.

Both Holmes and Robach have been married to their respective spouses since 2010. It is not known when or how Holmes’s wife, 44-year-old attorney, Marilee Fiebig, (pictured together in 2012) and Robach’s husband, former Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue, 55, (pictured right in March 2022) learned of the romance, but both couples are said to have split up in August this year 

At first Robach and Holmes seemed determined to brazen it out – with TJ sparking disbelief when he appeared alongside Robach and made light of the scandal after their relationship became public.

Then, speaking on Friday December 2, he joked that it had been ‘a great week’ and that he wished it would ‘just keep going.’

Their next move was to claim that they were ‘openly dating’ and speak about ‘growing their relationship.’

When Holmes was first approached for comment by DailyMail.com, his knee-jerk reaction was a career-saving attempt to ‘adamantly deny’ the relationship existed at all.

Sources later told DailyMail.com that while the two have accepted the fate of their marriages, they don’t want to ‘jeopardize their futures with the network any more than they already have.’

At first Robach and Holmes seemed determined to brazen it out – with TJ sparking disbelief when he appeared alongside Robach and made light of the scandal after their relationship became public

The scandals continued to pile-up for Holmes, who has since been accused of engaging in extramarital affairs with two other women at the network.

Most recently DailyMail.com exclusively revealed last week that Holmes had a relationship with 24-year-old Jasmin Pettaway, an ABC script coordinator 13 years his junior, back in 2015 when he had been married to his now-estranged wife, Marilee Fiebig, for five years.

A well-placed source who spoke on condition of anonymity told DailyMail.com Pettaway had reached out to him as a prospective mentor but was left feeling uncomfortable and used after the relationship turned sexual.

The source, who knew Pettaway well at the time, said: ‘He was a predator who took full advantage of his position, and he was reckless.

‘It was Jasmin’s first real job in television, and it was a big deal for her.

‘She was looking for a mentor and she reached out to several people.

‘T.J was someone who was responsive, but he absolutely abused the position of trust.’

DailyMail.com last week revealed Holmes had an affair with ABC script coordinator Jasmin Pettaway (left) who reached out to him for help as she settled into her new job. She was 24 at the time and Holmes is 13 years her senior

Pettaway (pictured) and Holmes’s sexual relationship went on for several months and included him visiting her at her apartment before, the source said, ‘it fizzled out’

In an online interview with Voyage Ohio in 2021 she reflected on her departure from New York, saying that it came due to a ‘mixture of insecurity, loneliness and some naïveté.’

She also admitted ABC’s ‘toxic work environment really damaged my self-esteem.’

DailyMail.com has been told that Pettaway was not the only female subordinate on whom Holmes put the moves as, according to the multiple sources, a young network intern described herself as ‘stressed’ and ‘freaked out’ by his unwanted advances.

The year after his relationship with Pettaway, Holmes began a three-year fling with GMA producer Natasha Singh, 37.

At the time she was married to movie producer Garrett Braren, whose credits include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.

Holmes had been married to Marilee Fiebig (pictured) when the affair with Pettaway happened in 2015, a well-placed source tells DailyMail.com. The husband and wife look happy together in 2013

She and T.J. met in 2009 and married in Memphis in March 2010. Their daughter Sabine was born in January, 2013

She was also a close friend to Robach.

In fact, it was Robach who helped Holmes salvage his marriage after wife Marilee Feibig, 44, learned of his infidelity with Singh.

But neither Robach’s nor Holmes’s 12-year marriages could survive the revelation of their affair, which began as a friendship fizzing with obvious chemistry and ‘crossed the line’ last year.

Holmes’s wife filed for divorce shortly after Christmas.

Robach’s divorce from her husband, former Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue, 55, is reportedly all but finalized.