Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Plan Intimate Wedding, Leaving Former GMA Colleagues Off Guest List
Former Good Morning America hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are planning their wedding as an intimate affair, with a focus on family and close friends rather than celebrity connections. According to an exclusive source speaking to Us Weekly, the couple intends to keep their guest list limited to “their closest friends and family, around 50 to 60 guests.” Notably absent from the invitations will be their former colleagues from Good Morning America, highlighting the couple’s desire for a more personal celebration following their controversial exit from ABC News. Robach, 52, and Holmes, 48, began their ABC careers in 2012 and 2014 respectively, eventually co-hosting GMA3 together beginning in 2020. Their professional partnership took a dramatic turn in 2022 when news of their romantic relationship became public, ultimately leading to their dismissal from the network in 2023. While both were married to other people when their relationship came to light, they have consistently maintained they were already separated from their spouses, Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig, at the time their relationship began.
In an interesting twist of modern family dynamics, the couple reportedly plans to invite their ex-spouses to the wedding, though they “aren’t expecting them to come.” The invitation carries additional complexity since Shue, 58, and Fiebig, 48, began dating each other in late 2023 following their respective divorces. The source revealed that “Amy really wishes they could be a blended and normal family and all get along,” showing her desire for harmonious relationships among their extended family circle despite the complicated history. This gesture suggests an attempt to move past any lingering tensions and build a healthier environment for all family members involved, particularly for their children, who have had to navigate the public dissolution of their parents’ marriages alongside the formation of new relationships.
The couple’s children will play significant roles in the wedding ceremony, with Robach hoping that “T.J.’s daughter Sabine and her daughters, Ava and Annie, [will] be bridesmaids.” Robach’s daughters Ava, 23, and Annalise “Annie,” 19, are from her first marriage to Tim McIntosh, while Holmes has three children: daughter Brianna and son Jaiden from his first marriage to Amy Ferson, and daughter Sabine with Fiebig. The couple has been intentional about creating bonding experiences for their blended family, spending the holidays together in New York with Ava, Annie, and Sabine “to show they’re becoming a real family” before wedding preparations intensify. The insider shared that “Amy wanted quality time with them before everything gets hectic in the new year with wedding planning, work and their busy schedules,” and mentioned that the family also had a “tropical” vacation planned for after Christmas, further cementing their new family unit.
The engagement announcement came in October 2025, when the couple “threw a small private party with their closest friends and family” to share the news that they “are engaged and going to get married.” Their decision to have a destination wedding stems from a desire to avoid a “media frenzy,” with potential locations including romantic Paris, tropical Turks and Caicos, or coastal Tulum, Mexico. This preference for a more secluded celebration reflects the intense public scrutiny the couple has faced since their relationship became public knowledge. After weathering the storm of media attention and professional consequences that followed the revelation of their relationship, the couple appears focused on celebrating their connection on their own terms, away from the spotlight that has followed them for years.
The journey to the altar represents more than just a wedding for Robach and Holmes; it symbolizes their commitment to a relationship that has endured significant public backlash and personal challenges. A source close to the couple revealed that “They want their union solidified, and they want to share vows in front of their loved ones to make it official,” underscoring the importance they place on formalizing their relationship. Beyond the ceremony itself, the couple wants “people to know how authentic their love is for each other,” suggesting a desire to move beyond the scandal that initially defined their relationship in the public eye. Their conviction that “They feel like they’re soulmates and they should have been together from the beginning” speaks to their belief in the fundamental rightness of their connection, despite the complicated circumstances that surrounded its beginning.
As Robach and Holmes prepare for their wedding day, they appear to be balancing their desire for privacy with their commitment to building meaningful family connections. Their intentional inclusion of their children in both the ceremony planning and in creating new family traditions demonstrates their focus on nurturing their blended family. At the same time, their outreach to ex-spouses reflects an understanding of the complex web of relationships that modern families often navigate. While their professional lives took an unexpected turn with their dismissal from ABC, their personal journey continues as they move toward marriage, guided by their belief in their connection as “soulmates.” Their wedding plans—intimate, family-focused, and away from media attention—seem designed to honor the relationship they’ve built while acknowledging the complicated path that brought them together.
