T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach don’t want fans to be alarmed; they are still together and doing well after a contentious episode of their “Amy & T.J.” podcast earlier in the week left many fans in doubt.
In their follow-up episode published on Jan. 25, Holmes and Robach admitted that while the episode was tough to do, at the end of the day they are glad they saw it through.
“I was ultimately proud that we put that last episode out,” Holmes said of the brutally honest glimpse into their relationship that saw Robach addressing her issues with his “communication kinks.”
“We were so deliberate in our back and forth,” he continued. “It came at some expense to us behind the scenes in getting it prepared, and there were a lot more conversations, very difficult ones. But I ultimately was proud we put it out.”
The episode in question, posted on Jan. 23, saw the couple get emotionally raw and vulnerable in talking about the challenges they face in their relationship, with Holmes expressing he’s “trying to do better” at “shutting down” when angry or frustrated.
“In this situation, as well, I could have saved us some issues. I could have saved us some time by being better in those moments,” he said. “So, that is a constant work in progress.”
Robach said it wasn’t until listening back to Tuesday’s episode that something clicked and she got a whole new perspective on how to navigate things.
“In the actual fight, I wasn’t sure what I did wrong,” she confided. “I said to you, ‘I don’t know what I did wrong.’ And listening back to it, I did figure out what I did wrong.”
“I want to be focused less on the explaining and the defense and the whys and just more on board with acknowledging how you’re feeling, validating how you’re feeling and apologizing for contributing to the mess we’re in,” Robach added.
While recording and ultimately putting out the episode was a hurdle the couple decided to face together, Robach says the decision to go forth with it was an effort to be “real” and “transparent” with their audience.
“Our larger goal in putting out our latest episode was to show that, yes we like to show pictures of us smiling like everyone else and laughing on social media, but if we want to be real and we want to be transparent we have to show all the sides of us — and I would say most relationships,” the former “Good Morning America” host explained.
“So, we hope that all you get something out of it, and we hope you keep coming back,” she concluded.
The “Amy & T.J.” podcast is available across all podcast platforms.
