November 30, 2022: The news officially breaks.
December 1, 2022: Professionals that they are, Holmes and Robach both returned to host Good Morning America the day after the news broke and did their best to act as if nothing at all had happened. As far as damage control goes, they have both deleted their Instagrams and TMZ reported on December 1 that they would not face any disciplinary action by ABC.
December 5, 2022: However, on December 5, ABC News president Kim Godwin told staffers that both Robach and Holmes have been removed from anchoring duties while the news division determines the impact the disclosure of their romantic relationship has had on the show.
A source “familiar with the matter” told Variety that Robach and Holmes had not violated any company policy. Rather, the network worried the situation was “an internal and external disruption” and they “wanted to do what’s best for the organization.” Currently, there’s no timeline for when Robach and Holmes will return. Gio Benitez and Stephanie Ramos stepped in for the co-anchors on Monday, December 5.
After all of this, I still have questions. If the rumored relationship is and always has been totally aboveboard as Robach’s and Holmes’s camps have claimed, then why would anyone bother to take kiss-and-tell shots from as late as November? But if they were trying to keep it under wraps, why were they snuggling at a Times Square bar just blocks from their place of work? But then again, if the marriages were both over by August, why not announce them then?
December 28, 2022: Holmes officially files for divorce from Fiebig after 12 years of marriage, according to TMZ. On the same day, Robach and Holmes are photographed making out in Miami. In the pics, which are published by TMZ on December 30, the pair can’t seem to keep their hands off each other.
2023
January 4, 2023: T.J. Holmes’s estranged wife, Marilee Fiebig, finally adds her perspective to this whole debacle, via divorce attorney Stephanie Lehman.
“During the holiday season and in light of the challenging times, Marilee’s sole focus has remained on the overall best interest of her 9-year-old daughter [Sabine],” Lehman tells the Daily Mail in a statement. “To that end, T.J.’s lawyer and I have been working together to move their divorce forward privately, expeditiously, and as amicably as possible. Notwithstanding, we continue to be disappointed by T.J.’s lack of discretion, respect, and sensitivity toward Marilee and the party’s daughter. Marilee has been touched by the outpouring of support and looks forward to a new beginning in this new year.”
