T.J. Holmes is getting candid about a coping method he uses whenever he gets into an argument. While he and Amy Robach rarely have any disagreements, the former GMA3: What You Need to Know coanchors revealed on their podcast, Amy & T.J., that they have what they call "hiccups" about once a week.
And for the 46-year-old journalist, he tends to need to "check out" for a couple of days. “I am really, really bad about this. I don't scream, I don't yell, I don't do anything. I don't name-call, I don't get aggressive. Nothing, but I will check out,” he explained.
“I don't need you to say 'I'm sorry,'" T.J. went on. "I don't need you to help me. I have to work through it, and I'm trying to get better at doing it quicker."
And yet, when Amy does offer up an apology, T.J. doesn't necessarily appreciate how long it takes for her to do so. “It drives me crazy. Why? Because 'I'm sorry' comes 24 hours late,” he said.
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“It's how you react in the moment that makes all the difference in the world because, in that moment, we have a chance to go this way or this way," he explained. "And if you go that way, I'm out. I'm done. … I'm checked out for the day."
The need to check out is one that Amy doesn't like. "It's two days, at least,” she said. “I would rather have him yell at me than freeze me out for two days. … I'm like, I don't know what to say, what to do, what he thinks."
And while the hiccups are a constant thing that the couple is trying to work on, they don't seem to be impacting their relationship in a big way. Just last week on their podcast, they discussed marriage.
“It’s under consideration,” Amy said. “We did not enter this relationship for fun or for ‘Let's see what happens.’ We entered this relationship because we intended on spending our lives together. So whether or not we have some sort of legal, you know, I don't know, button on it.”
“We both have two marriages under our belts, and so it's not something we're racing to or rushing towards,” she continued. “But there is something, I get it, it's this thing that I can't even explain why there's this desire, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I can say that. It's on the table. It's on the table.”
As far as T.J., it's their age that plays a big part in him considering marriage. “I want to marry you, in part, because you're 50 and I'm 46," he said. "And I'm very sick of introducing a 50-year-old woman as my girlfriend. That just sounds stupid."
