Amy Robach teased Reese Witherspoon she had ‘GMA’ drama in interview

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Amy Robach joked with Reese Witherspoon that she had workplace drama she could share with the actress for her Morning Show series with Jennifer Aniston.

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In a clip that started making the rounds on Tuesday, Robach, 49, suggested to Witherspoon she “can give you a few more plot lines” for her Apple TV+ drama after Reese asked Amy what she and her fellow Good Morning America co-hosts George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan thought of the series.

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“You have no idea, the water cooler conversations around here,” Strahan teased.

When Robach suggested she could add some dramatic elements to the storyline, Witherspoon replied, “Yes, email me, girl. Email me.”

The interview happened in October — just a few months before Robach’s workplace romance with her GMA co-host T.J. Holmes, 45, was revealed after the Daily Mail published a series of photos of the colleagues cozying up to one another in public.

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On Monday, Robach and Holmes were benched from their spots hosting GMA3: What You Need To Know after ABC News President Kim Godwin branded their relationship an “an internal and external disruption.”

“After a lot of thought I am taking Amy and T.J. off the air as we figure this out,” Godwin said. “These decisions are not easy, they are not knee jerk, but they are necessary for the brand … We can’t operate with gossip, and speculation and rumours. We need to stay focused on the work.”

TMZ reported that Robach and Holmes were “confused and baffled by the call to pull them off air.”

Co-anchors Stephanie Ramos and Gio Benitez stepped into their spot. “Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have the day off,” said Ramos, explaining their absence.

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After news of the relationship made the rounds online, insiders went on to tell the Daily Mail that Robach ditched her hubby, Melrose Place star Andrew Shue, in August, with Holmes leaving his spouse, attorney Marilee Fiebig, the same month.

The relationship between Robach and Holmes reportedly grew as her marriage crumbled.

“Amy was going through a heartache and T.J. was very much there for her and helpful, and that is when they started something,” an insider told PEOPLE.

Meanwhile, Fiebig was reportedly blindsided by news that Holmes had moved on so quickly after their split.

“She’s devastated. She had no idea,” a confidant told Page Six. “They haven’t been together in [a while], but they were trying to work it out.”

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An associate told PEOPLE that while the photos of Robach and Holmes came as a surprise, the pair’s relationship was “the worst kept secret in ABC News.”

“Staffers are very surprised it took this long to come out,” the insider adds. “Everyone was turning a blind eye because they didn’t want the controversy surrounding the show.”

According to various media reporters, their dalliance began in March when they were training for the New York City Half Marathon.

Robach and Holmes previously quashed any talk that they were anything more than just friends.

“Everyone knew they were close friends and had good chemistry. She was going through a lot. There was a point at which, several years ago, another GMA cast member had sort of made a joke with T.J. about how close he was with Amy and he was very embarrassed,” a source spilled to PEOPLE.

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During Friday’s show, Holmes made a joke that alluded to their relationship.

“You know it’s too bad it’s Friday, it’s been a great week. I just want this to keep going and going and going. Just enjoy it,” he said.

“Speak for yourself,” Robach said laughing. “I am very excited about the weekend, and I’m sure everyone else is too. We all love our Fridays around here — some of us do, at least.”

As the scandal continues to rage online, fans and celebrities are weighing in on the new relationship, including shock jock Howard Stern.

“I’m not seeing the problem here. … If those two work together and they wanna bang and be in love, what do I give a s–t? Why is that, like, offensive to people?” Stern wondered aloud on his Sirius XM morning show this week. “Why should they be fired?”

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On social media, fans cracked jokes about the burgeoning relationship.

“The Good Morning America cheating scandal is giving what a scandal needs to. High stakes (co-anchors on the most watched American newscast), audacity (65 photos of broad daylight cheating), and evidence hiding in plain sight (the guy’s anniversary post),” one person wrote on Twitter. “Unlike the Adam Levine cheating news which had absolutely zero features of a good scandal. Sleazy looking man cheats on wife with influencer he DM’d on instagram. Okay… and?”

“Whoever hired that private investigator and sold the photos of T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach knows how to cause a 2004-esque scandal,” a second teased. “I love it – so chaotic.”

Elsewhere, former Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel praised ABC for taking action against the pair.

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“I think that the way ABC handled taking these two anchors off the air is very above board, very forthright,” she said in a TikTok video. “I like the straightforward nature of it. It’s not against company policy, but it was a distraction and it’s off-brand.”

Meanwhile, an anniversary post from 2020 went viral in which Holmes admitted his estranged wife had “plenty of reasons” to leave their marriage before his alleged affair.

“10 years ago, Marilee Fiebig married me,” wrote alongside a series of throwback photos of the couple in happier times. “And despite my best efforts, she remained married to me the past 10 years.

“That’s not hyperbole. I’m not being dramatic,” he continued. “I gave her plenty of reasons, excuses, and opportunities to walk her fine ass out the doooooooor.”

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