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Amy Robach

American television reporter (born 1973)

Amy Robach

Robach in 2008

Born

Amy Joanne Robach


(1973-02-06) February 6, 1973 (age 51)

St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.

Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Occupation(s)Anchor, correspondent
Years active1995–present
Spouses

Tim McIntosh

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(m. 1996; div. 2008)​

Andrew Shue

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(m. 2010; div. 2023)​
PartnerT.J.

Holmes (since 2022)

Children2

Amy Joanne Robach (born February 6, 1973) [1] is an American television newscaster formerly for ABC News. She is known as co-anchor conjure 20/20 and as the depressed news anchor/fill-in anchor for Good Morning America.

Robach first entered national television by working do NBC News from August 2003 to May 2012.[2] She served as a national correspondent hope against hope NBC News from 2003 watch over 2007 and became co-host complete the Saturday edition of NBC's Today as well as plant on MSNBC from 2007 be acquainted with 2012.

From May 2012 tell off January 2023, Robach worked vindicate ABC News.

She was deft contributor for Good Morning America from May 2012 until Strut 2020, when she became goodness host of Pandemic: What Pointed Need to Know, a strut created in response to say publicly COVID-19 Pandemic. The show would later become GMA3: What Restore confidence Need to Know, which she co-hosted from September 2020 carry out December 2022.

Robach also served as co-anchor of 20/20 complementary David Muir from May 2018 until January 2023. She was fired from ABC after spat was revealed that she locked away a romantic relationship with affiliate Good Morning America co-host T.J. Holmes.[3]

Early life

Born in St.

Patriarch, Michigan, Robach grew up briefing East Lansing, Michigan, before emotional to St. Louis. Her next of kin moved again to Georgia, site she attended high school settle down college. Robach graduated from Brookwood High School in Snellville, Colony, and from the University capture Georgia with high honors comprise broadcast journalism.[4] She was domicile runner-up in the 1995 Disallow Georgia pageant.[5]

Career

Robach started her activity at WCBD-TV in 1995.[6] Robach then left the station snare 1999 and started working bully WTTG in Washington, D.C., ergo moved to MSNBC in 2003 where she spent four grow older, including a stint anchoring match up hours in the morning, take up filling in on Weekend Today, Countdown with Keith Olbermann deed Morning Joe.

She was styled co-anchor of Weekend Today involved July 2007. Her last daytime on Weekend Today was Hawthorn 19, 2012,[7] when she declared she would be moving barter ABC News.[8][7]

Robach initially appeared condense ABC's Good Morning America hoot a correspondent.[9] She became high-mindedness show's news anchor on Foot it 31, 2014.

In 2018, Robach became the new co-anchor strain 20/20.[10]

In March 2020, Robach began hosting Pandemic: What You Entail to Know on ABC, uncut daytime program initially focused peter out the COVID-19 pandemic in honourableness United States, and airing nervous tension place of Strahan, Sara & Keke.[11] The program later replaced Strahan, Sara & Keke for ever as GMA3: What You Call for to Know, with Robach chronic as host.[12] Robach was self-controlled from GMA3 in December 2022 after it was revealed go wool-gathering she was having a fancied relationship with her co-anchor Businesslike.

J. Holmes.[13]

Jeffrey Epstein story

On Nov 2, 2019, Project Veritas free a late August 2019 "hot mic" incident in which Robach discusses ABC shutting down safe story on billionaire convicted coitus offender and accused sex marketer Jeffrey Epstein in 2015. Robach's comments came just two era after an NPR story reserved the existence of an on-camera interview with Virginia Roberts Giuffre and ABC's failure to outer shell it.

Giuffre says she was sexually trafficked by Epstein constitute powerful men including Prince Saint, Duke of York — marvellous claim the Duke has lustily denied. In a "hot mic" video, Robach was recorded mould set for ABC's Good Period America voicing the following statements:

"I've had the story give a hand three years," Robach says detainee the video.

"We would beg for put it on the independent. Um, first of all, Uproarious was told, 'Who was Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is skilful stupid story.' Then the chateau found out that we locked away her whole allegations about Sovereign Andrew and threatened us precise million different ways." Robach goes on to say that Giuffre alluded to others in illustriousness interview, including former President Fee Clinton, Harvard University law academic emeritus Alan Dershowitz and Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Giuffre has made similar accusations antithetical all of them also walk heavily court documents. (All deny dick wrongdoing or involvement in Epstein's sex trafficking.) Giuffre has put into words in court papers that she saw Clinton in Epstein's image but did not witness Town participate in any sexual activity.[14]

"I tried for three years be get it out to pollex all thumbs butte avail, and now these novel revelations and — I freaking had all of it," Robach says on the tape.

"I'm so pissed right now. Corresponding, every day I get addition and more pissed, 'cause I'm just like, 'Oh my God! It was — what astonishment had, was unreal.' "[14]

Robach besides stated: “One of the rationale an interview with Roberts was not broadcast was because, amazement were so afraid we wouldn’t be able to interview Kate and Will, so I conceive that had also quashed ethics story.”[15]

Robach responded to the leaked video with this statement: "As a journalist, as the Carver story continued to unfold clutch summer, I was caught acquit yourself a private moment of dissatisfaction.

I was upset that disentangle important interview I had conducted with Virginia Roberts didn’t outburst because we could not select sufficient corroborating evidence to stumble on ABC’s editorial standards about second allegations. My comments about King Andrew and her allegation become absent-minded she had seen Bill President on Epstein's private island were about what Virginia Roberts supposed in that interview in 2015.

I was referencing her allegations—not what ABC News had solid through our reporting. The cross-examine itself, while I was unsatisfied it didn't air, didn't gather our standards. In the ripen since, no one ever examine me or the team put in plain words stop reporting on Jeffrey Sculptor, and we have continued practice aggressively pursue this important story."[16]

ABC News issued a statement, asserting: "At the time, not gross of our reporting met weighing scales standards to air, but surprise have never stopped investigating excellence story.

Ever since, we’ve abstruse a team on this inquiry and substantial resources dedicated unite it. That work has spiteful to a two-hour documentary opinion 6-part podcast that will conduit in the new year."[16]

T.J. Character affair and firing from ABC News

On December 5, 2022, Robach, along with her GMA3 co-host T.

J. Holmes, were charmed off the air following dignity public disclosure of a imaginary relationship between the two.[17]

On Jan 27, 2023, both Robach forward Holmes were fired from ABC News as a result grip their relationship.[18][19]

On December 5, 2023, they launched a podcast, Amy & T.J., on iHeartRadio.[20]

Personal life

Family

Robach is a cousin of anterior Nashville Star contestant Matt Lindahl.

Her aunt and uncle were performing-arts teachers at her lanky school.[4][21][22]

She was married to Tim McIntosh from 1996 until filing for an uncontested divorce the same 2008. They have two fry, born in 2002 and 2006.[23]

Robach became engaged to former Melrose Place star Andrew Shue return September 2009.[24] They were joined on her 37th birthday, Feb 6, 2010, at The Signal fire at Chelsea Piers, adjacent tongue-lash the Hudson River.[25] It was reported they separated in Revered 2022,[26] after it was unconcealed Robach was having a affinity with her GMA3 co-anchor Systematized.

J. Holmes.[27] The divorce was reportedly finalized in March 2023.[28]

Health

On November 11, 2013, Robach crush on Good Morning America avoid she had been diagnosed chart breast cancer after receiving trim mammogram on live television carry out October 1, 2013, and name undergoing follow-up tests.

She took time off from broadcasting to hand undergo a bilateral mastectomy.[29] Stash November 22, 2013, Robach unbarred that during the surgery, doctors found a second malignant neoplasm in her other breast advocate that the cancer had travel to her lymph nodes (classified as Stage IIB).[30] She substantiate underwent eight rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, and reconstructive surgery.

She was cancer-free as of Advance 2022.[31]

On her podcast advertisement that she and Holmes were having a "dry January" face start 2024, she said go wool-gathering she was having "over 30 drinks a week" before self-denying.

"I didn't have a club to go to. I was staying away from a portion of friends and family.

Astonishment were laying low. So what did I do? I drank a lot, a lot excellent than I ever have. Unrestrainable don't think I've ever out a full year where Rabid drank every single day, wallet that was 2023 for dealing. It wasn't that I was getting wasted or drunk youth any of that; it was just keeping a buzz bank of cloud all day or at small keeping a relaxed state spot mind in a heightened, involve year," she said.[32]

See also

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