Amy Robach and TJ Holmes were fired from GMA3 after their affair went public, even though no policy prohibited it. ABC said their presence was too distracting. The speaker calls their dynamic a toxic trauma bond and says they're now desperate to get back on TV together.
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As you may recall, Amy Robach, 51, and TJ Holmes, 46— so she older than him, yeah— got the boot from GMA3. What you need to know, last year, is that after their controversial alleged affair made its way to the limelight, while the network confirmed that their relationship did not necessarily violate company policy, which means they could have been married and screwing who they want, they didn't have no policy in place, it was both were let go because the situation was just simply too distracting. And so now they are really, really desperately trying to get their old jobs back as a couple. This is what you call a toxic trauma bond. Mm-hmm. This is a trauma bond, which means, like, they are— like, they are literally— there's a lot of couples out here. I would like you— you know what? We're going to play a little game. I would like you to put a couple that you think operates within a trauma bond relationship.