T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are opening up about a few of their darker days. Whereas talking on how they coped amid their unemployment and affair drama, Holmes admitted that he would have 18 drinks a day, whereas Robach admitted to 30 every week.
Throughout Thursday’s episode (January 11) of Holmes and Robach’s podcast, aptly titled ‘Amy & T.J.,’ the couple received actual about how a lot they had been really consuming throughout 2023, which they referred to as their model of the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing as the previous separately-married hosts misplaced their respective jobs at ABC’s ‘GMA3‘ over their work affair.
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On their podcast, Robach, 50, defined, “I didn’t have a job to go to and I used to be away from quite a lot of family and friends. We had been laying low. So what did I do? I drank rather a lot. Much more than I ever have. I don’t suppose I’ve ever gone a full yr the place I drink each single day and that was 2023 for me.”
Robach did be aware that she wasn’t getting tremendous “wasted” or sloppy “drunk” day-after-day, however she was “holding a buzz going all day or holding a heightened mind-set throughout an anxious yr.” Moreover, Holmes, 46, agreed that he too “must reexamine [his] relationship with alcohol.”
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Collectively, the couple received candid and revealed precisely how a lot they had been consuming earlier than turning over a brand new leaf and going sober. In earlier years, Holmes participated in Dry January and Robach revealed that this yr is her first time doing the problem, which she thanks Holmes for serving to her discover the braveness to do.
She stated, “I don’t know that I’d have felt comfy or — truthfully this may increasingly sound loopy — however I don’t know if I’d have felt courageous sufficient or brave sufficient to say, ‘I’m 100% going chilly turkey this month,’ in case you hadn’t stated, ‘I’m doing it and we will do it collectively.’”
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Throughout their Thursday podcast episode, Amy Robach admitted that she was having “over 30 drinks every week,” whereas T.J. Holmes stated that he may “simply undergo 18 drinks” a day. Holmes realized that his quantity was a bit increased than Robach’s, however defined that each of them, who’re “large runners,” love to do what they name “runs to enjoyable,” which sees them run a number of miles after which ultimately “finish at a bar.”
Holmes added, “Now we are going to run at 8 or 9 within the morning …. and I come again and we’ve got a beer.” He famous that as a result of “runs to enjoyable,” he’ll sometimes already be “two drinks in” by lunchtime. After lunch passes, the pair will then have not less than two extra drinks, until they’ve errands to run.
At that time, Holmes added, “[I could have] simply have a drink in [his] hand from two within the afternoon till seven, eight, 9, ten at evening.” He continued, “So that you do these numbers and that’s a drink an hour for an additional eight hours — and even much less — however that’s one other eight hours of a drink in hand, plus the 4 I had in the course of the day.”
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The couple additionally highlighted that the “official tips say one drink is one beer or a five-ounce glass of wine or one and a half ounces of liquor,” so T.J. Holmes isn’t “pouring 18 drinks” per se, however as an alternative simply accounting for the heavy pours. The 2 former hosts additionally revealed how a lot cash they had been spending on their consuming behavior monthly.
After counting every little thing up and their receipts from bars and the alcohol supply app Drizly, the couple was left shocked. T.J. Holmes admitted that they spent $2,869 on alcohol in December 2023 alone. He even famous, “This doesn’t embody, nonetheless, the journeys we made every so often to a liquor retailer.”
Collectively, the couple promised to be trustworthy with their viewers about their relationship with alcohol and inspired listeners to do the identical.
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