GMA3: What You Need to Knowhas its new headliners nearly four months since the departure ofAmy RobachandT.J. Holmes, who left the show aftertheir off-camera relationship became public knowledge.
Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan will now serve as the co-anchors of the afternoon program, according to a release from ABC News on Thursday. ABC News chief health and medical correspondentDr. Jennifer Ashton— who formerly co-hosted with Robach, 50, and Holmes, 45 — will remain withGMA3.
Pilgrim, 40, has served as co-anchor ofGood Morning AmericaSaturday and Sunday since 2018, covering many high-profile breaking news stories. Morgan, 44, joined ABC News in 2022 as a correspondent based out of Los Angeles.
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Gio Benitez, 37, will joinGMAweekends now that Pilgrim is part of theGMA3team, according to the release.
T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach.Noam Galai/Getty
News of Robach and Holmes' relationship first went public on Nov. 30 when photos surfaced of them holding hands in a car, enjoying a vacation in upstate New York and cozying up at a bar in New York City.
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PEOPLE learned at that time that the replacements were announced to staffers during a phone call with ABC News President Kim Godwin.
“GMAdecided to have a period of cooling down, because they thought this was unwanted attention so, for the time being, they’re going to be off the air,” a source previously told PEOPLE.
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When the cozy photographs of Robach and Holmes first surfaced, neither Holmes nor Robach had given any indication of trouble in their respective marriages — Robach’s to actorAndrew Shue, Holmes' to attorneyMarilee Fiebig. A source told PEOPLE later that both Holmes and Robach had separated from their partners in August. It later became known that Robach and Shuesold their joint NYC homejust weeks before news of her romance with Holmes went public.
Robach and Holmesdeleted their Instagram accountsafter the photos surfaced, while Shuedeleted photos of Robachfrom his own profile.
The pair announced in late January that they had decided to"move on"fro ABC News entirely.
source: people.com
