New York Post

Muir no fan of affair news

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STRONG opinions inside ABC News over “GMA3” hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ off-screen affair are prime time.

As network execs mull over the anchors’ fates amid their scandalous romance, sources tell Page Six that Robach’s “20/20” co-anchor David Muir “wants no part” of the drama.

“He’s not having it. He’s the face of the evening news and nothing about him ever makes it into the papers. He’s very private and no one at ABC likes the way Amy and T.J. handled it,” a source told Page Six. According to another insider, “every anchor is upset that Amy and T.J. have caused such drama . . . No one wants to be associated with this, and Amy and David already aren’t that close right now.”

An ABC News spokespers­on told us of the “World News Tonight With David Muir” anchor, “David is focused on the work, not any of this,” when we reached out for comment.

The network’s initial response was to ignore it, but Holmes and Robach didn’t follow orders and joked on-air about having a “great week” after their affair was exposed.

Multiple sources told us people at the network are “very unhappy” with the comment. “If the decision is to not address it, then don’t address it! T.J. made light of it on-air. Amy’s smarter than that, but how else is she supposed to respond?” the first source said.

We hear Robach also isn’t a fan of the attention the affair is getting, especially after she fought so hard to become co-anchor of “20/20.”

“She’s a serious hard news journalist, and this is a major distractio­n,” one TV insider noted. “Becoming co-anchor of ‘20/20’ was very important to her. She was obsessed with getting that job. This affair is bringing her down and changing her reputation.”

The details of their affair have created such a diversion, that even rival CBS anchor Gayle King chimed in by calling it all “very messy” on Andy Cohen’s Bravo show, “Watch What Happens Live.”

A rep for the couple did not comment.

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