GMA3 Names Co-Hosts 3.5 Months After Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes' Exit

'GMA3' Names DeMarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim Co-Anchors 3.5 Months After Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes' Exit

After T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach's romantic relationship became public knowledge last November, the couple decided to "move on" from ABC News on Jan. 27

Kelly Wynne

Published on May 11, 2023 10:43AM EDT

GMA3: What You Need to Know has its new headliners nearly four months since the departure of Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, who left the show after their off-camera relationship became public knowledge.

Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan will now serve as the co-anchors of the afternoon program, according to a release from ABC News on Thursday. ABC News chief health and medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton — who formerly co-hosted with Robach, 50, and Holmes, 45 — will remain with GMA3.

Pilgrim, 40, has served as co-anchor of Good Morning America Saturday and Sunday since 2018, covering many high-profile breaking news stories. Morgan, 44, joined ABC News in 2022 as a correspondent based out of Los Angeles.

EVA PILGRIM, DEMARCO MORGAN, DR. JENNIFER ASHTON — Heidi Gutman/ABC

Gio Benitez, 37, will join GMA weekends now that Pilgrim is part of the GMA3 team, according to the release.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 08: (L-R) T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach attend ABC's "Good Morning America" at SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on July 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) — T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach. Noam Galai/Getty

News of Robach and Holmes' relationship first went public on Nov. 30 when photos surfaced of them holding hands in a car, enjoying a vacation in upstate New York and cozying up at a bar in New York City.

Robach and Holmes did not appear on the Dec. 5 broadcast for GMA3 for following the revelation of their romantic relationship. They were temporarily replaced by Benitez and ABC News correspondent Stephanie Ramos.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by MediaPunch/Shutterstock (13030811ao) Gio Benitez on the set of Good Morning America 'Good Morning America' TV show, New York, USA - 13 Jul 2022; NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 23: Stephanie Ramos speaks onstage at the Global Citizen NOW Summit at Spring Studios on May 23, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images) — MediaPunch/Shutterstock; Rob Kim/Getty

PEOPLE learned at that time that the replacements were announced to staffers during a phone call with ABC News President Kim Godwin.

"GMA decided to have a period of cooling down, because they thought this was unwanted attention so, for the time being, they're going to be off the air," a source previously told PEOPLE.

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When the cozy photographs of Robach and Holmes first surfaced, neither Holmes nor Robach had given any indication of trouble in their respective marriages — Robach's to actor Andrew Shue, Holmes' to attorney Marilee Fiebig. A source told PEOPLE later that both Holmes and Robach had separated from their partners in August. It later became known that Robach and Shue sold their joint NYC home just weeks before news of her romance with Holmes went public.

Robach and Holmes deleted their Instagram accounts after the photos surfaced, while Shue deleted photos of Robach from his own profile.

The pair announced in late January that they had decided to "move on" fro ABC News entirely.