Amy & T.J. had booze blues

SOURCES told Page Six that early morning runs weren’t the only thing that brought Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes together.

The couple’s penchant for booze was apparently an open secret among those who knew them best, insiders told Page Six.

In fact, drinking at the bar after work brought them closer, we hear.

When the former “GMA3” anchors — who became a couple and were then ousted from their show — first started stepping out together, “they’d have drinks all day after meetings,” a source said. After all, their workdays started early and ended around noon.

One source described Holmes — who recently revealed he was consuming up to 18 drinks a day last year — as being well-lubricated when he was socializing.

The lovers came clean about their need to be buzzed after leaving their ABC gigs on the most recent episode of their new “Amy & T.J.” iHeartMedia podcast.

But they said that drinking as much as they did in 2023 was “an anomaly,” occurring after their relationship was revealed and they were out of their morning show jobs.

Robach blamed her alcohol habit in part on being unemployed. But she also said of how much she imbibed during the difficult period: “That’s embarrassing to me. That’s not what I wish it were.”

The former ABC host, 50, revealed she was having “over 30 drinks a week” (a bit more than four a day). Robach clarified she wasn’t getting “wasted” or “drunk” every day, just “keeping a buzz going all day or keeping a heightened state of mind during an anxious year.”

Holmes, 46, said he was at times already “two drinks in” by lunchtime.

They drank so much that their December booze bill was a whopping $2,689 — and that’s not counting their occasional physical runs to their local liquor store, they revealed. They’re now partaking in dry January. A rep did not comment.