When Keeping It Swirl Goes Wrong: T.J. Holmes Fears Podcast Argument Looks Like ‘Black Man Beating Up On’ Amy Robach 

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After
publicly
cheating
on
his
wife,
losing
his
career
over
an
affair
with
his

Good
Morning
America
co-anchor

Amy
Robach,
and
announcing
they’ve
literally
been
drunk
in
love,

T.J.
Holmes
worries
THIS
is
what
will
make
him
look
bad.

Source:
Jesse
Grant
/
Getty

Who
could’ve
seen
this
coming?
Probably
everyone
who
saw
T.J.
skinning
and
grinning
his
way
out
of
a
job
and
marriage
with
Amy.
Love
won,
but
now
he
has
concerns
about
the
racial
implications
of
their
very
public
interracial
relationship.
According
to

People,
he
fears
a
“raw”
episode
of
their
podcast
makes
him
look
like
“a
Black
man
beating
up
on
a
white
woman.”

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Last
week,
the
couple
recorded
a
surprise
episode
of

Amy
&
T.J. to
capture
an
argument
in
real
time.
The
TMI
marathon
continued
with
emotional
exchanges
about
working
through
their
relationship
problems.
Since
the
episode
aired,
T.J.
revealed
he’s
now
“scared
to
speak
my
mind.”

As BOSSIP previously
reported,
Amy
cried
about

choosing
T.J.
over
a
career
she
also
loved.
The
couple
wanted
to
keep
it
real
with
the
episode,
but
the
brutal
honesty
made
people
wonder
if
they’d
break
up.
Amy
and
T.J.
took
to
Instagram
to
confirm
that
they’re
still
together.

T.J.
Holmes
Regretted
The
Brutally
Honest
Podcast
Episode
That
Made
Amy
Robach
Cry
Like
He
Was
“Beating
Up
On
Her”

Source:
Jesse
Grant
/
Getty

After
spontaneously
shooting
the
podcast
episode,
T.J.
says
he
quickly
regretted
it.
He
warned
Amy
and
a
producer
about
the
racial
undertones
making
him
look
like
the
angry
or
dangerous
Black
man
stereotype.

“I
flat
out
said
to
both
of
you
[Robach
and
producer]
right
there
on
the
phone
at
4:30
in
the
morning,
East
Coast
time,
that
I
don’t
want
to
put
this
out
because
this
is
going
to
I
fear
be
viewed
as
a
Black
man
beating
up
on
a
White
woman,”
T.J.
explained.

“Now,
if
anybody
took
their
time
and
listened
to
that
podcast,
obviously
I
was
not
yelling,
screaming.
I
wasn’t
doing
anything.
Now,
we
are
a
couple
who’s
having
a
disagreement,
so
obviously
neither
one
of
us
are
having
our
best
moments.”

Although
it
wasn’t
a
knock-down,
drag-out
fight,
many
reactions
called
out
the
relationship
as
“toxic.”
Unsurprisingly,
Amy
still
wasn’t
ready
for
the
comments
blaming
Holmes’
behavior
and
her
tears
on
his
Blackness.
For
someone
who
used
to
report
on
the
news,
it
doesn’t
seem
like
the
color-blind
co-host
paid
attention
to
it.

“That
would
never
have
crossed
my
mind.
Race,
the
fact
that
you’re
Black
and
I’m
White,
would
never
have
crossed
my
mind,
and
that’s
kind
of
to
your
point,”
Amy
said.

“You
have
to
think
about
things
that
I
don’t
have
to
think
about.
And
honestly,
it
took
me
a
second
to
kind
of
wrap
my
head
around
it.
Once
you
explained
it
—
and
once
we’ve
seen
the
reaction,
a
lightbulb
went
off
for
me,
in
a
way.
And
it’s
just
a
constant
learning
curve.
But,
and
I’ve
said
this
the
whole
time,
I
don’t
know
what
I
don’t
know,
and
every
day
I
learn
more
about
what
I
don’t
know.”

Amy
stood
by
her
man
in
the
aftermath,
defending
how
he
handled
himself
in
the
middle
of
their
conflict.

“I
have
never
had
more
respectful
disagreements
with
anyone
in
my
life
than
I
have
with
you,”
she
added.

The
controversial
podcast
episode
focused
on
their
communication
problems
and
what
happens
when
T.J.
shuts
down
emotionally.
Amy
broke
down
crying
about
“the
pressure
of
our
careers
that
I
believe
were
unfairly
taken
from
us.”

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