Of course they’re in love! They’re always sozzled?
Sources tell that early morning runs weren’t the only thing that brought Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes together.
The couple’s penchant for booze was apparently an open secret among those who knew them best, insiders tell us.
In fact, drinking at the bar after work brought them closer, we hear.
When the former “GMA3” anchors — who became a couple, and were then ousted from their ABC show — first started stepping out after getting off from their early mornings at work together.
“They’d have drinks all day after meetings,” a source says.
As morning hosts, their work days ended early, after all.
One source describes Holmes — who recently revealed he was consuming up to 18 drinks a day last year — as being well-lubricated when he was socializing.
The lovers came clean about their need to be buzzed after leaving their ABC gigs, on the most recent episode of their new “Amy & T.J.” iHeart podcast.
But they said that drinking as much as they did in 2023 was “an anomaly” — after their relationship was revealed, and they were out of their morning show gigs.
Robach said on their podcast of how much she imbibed during the difficult period: “That’s embarrassing to me, that’s not what I wish it were.”
She also blamed her alcohol habit on being unemployed.
The former ABC host, 50, said she was having “over 30 drinks a week — but cautioned she wasn’t getting “wasted” or “drunk” every day, just “keeping a buzz going all day or keeping a heightened state of mind during an anxious year.”
The marathon-running pair revealed on the podcast that they loved what they dubbed “runs to fun” — when they’d hit the pavement only to end up at the bar, or with a drink at home, after their workouts.
Holmes, 46, said he was at times already “two drinks in” by lunchtime.
“I…
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