Celebrity Couples
Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Weigh In on Cheating in Relationships Following Affair Rumors
Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes‘ relationship began before the world knew they were separated from their exes Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig. Although the two have said that they were not unfaithful to their former spouses, it didn’t stop the public from speculating that they got together while they were still in relationships with other people.
Now, the couple is still going strong, and they’re even doling out relationship advice in a column for Yahoo! Life. In their latest letter to a fan, Robach and Holmes responded to someone who said they were considering going back to an ex who cheated on them, but is now “liking” their social media posts two years later.
While they didn’t reference their own history with rumored infidelity, they had plenty of advice to offer. Robach was first to weigh in. “Should you go back to him? My answer is no,” she said. “You broke up for a reason, and I don’t believe that someone cheats out of the blue. It obviously spoke to the quality of your relationship.”
She also addressed the reader’s point about how the ex “seems to have made real improvements” in the years since they dated. “I don’t know what changed so dramatically about him, or what you think changed so dramatically about him,” Robach pointed out. “You were dating for five years and just starting to talk about marriage, and he didn’t have a job? Now he might be able to pay his bills, but he’s still the same person you broke up with. The same person it wasn’t working out with. How are things going to change?”
Holmes added, “I think you might be making excuses for wanting him back. I don’t think you know who he is now. Who have you been dating since you and he broke up? Who is he dating? Have you been sitting around waiting for him for two years? And now you think he’s improved because he’s got a f**king pet, and now he’s cool? I don’t think anything that you know of has actually changed about this man.”
Robach urged the reader to make direct contact and meet up with the ex to “see how it feels,” and said she would make “a list of pros and cons” if she were going through a similar situation.
“Really take a good, long look at that list and know what you would be getting into,” she said. “I would never tell someone not to give love another chance, but go into it with open eyes. Don’t wear rose-colored glasses or view the situation through an Instagram filter.”
Holmes told the person to “raise [their] own standards” and not “settle for a guy who just does the basics.”
