Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig are engaged. Shue is the ex-husband of former ABC News anchor Amy Robach. Fiebig is the ex-wife of former ABC News anchor T.J. Holmes. The two announced their engagement Wednesday.
The pairing closes a loop that began in 2023, when Robach and Holmes lost their jobs at ABC News after their affair became public. The two have maintained they were “outed, not caught,” saying they were already in the middle of divorce proceedings when The Daily Mail published intimate photos of them taken without their knowledge in 2022. The fallout still cost them their careers and made them tabloid fixtures.
As that story played out in public, Shue and Fiebig reportedly grew close. Shue confirmed the engagement to People.
“I don’t know how it happened, but there’s a happy ending,” Shue said. “I’m grateful. I had to grow through a lot of pain and a lot of struggle and a lot of humility.”
Relationship expert and licensed psychotherapist Dr. Tammy Nelson told Fox News Digital she isn’t surprised the two found each other.
“When two people go through a similar life transition, it can create a bond in ways other experiences can’t. It can create emotional connection, but a lasting relationship will mean they both have to work together to create something new,” Nelson said.
“It can be hard to start over after divorce. But divorce doesn’t mean you’ve failed at love,” Nelson continued. “It can mean you’re going into your next relationship with a clearer idea of who you are and what you want.”
Nelson also said privacy matters for a couple whose relationship took shape under public scrutiny.
“Sometimes, couples need the space to discover what’s real between them before inviting outside opinions and scrutiny into their relationship. Having control over what you reveal, to whom and when, can help create an environment where trust and intimacy can develop naturally,” Nelson said.
People also reported that Robach and Holmes married in a private ceremony in September, following their own years-long relationship since leaving ABC News.
“I had to accept my own part in marriage not working out for me and in not understanding myself well enough and not understanding what matters in a relationship well enough to find the right person for me, and that has been an extraordinary gift,” Shue told People.
“I think the magic of love is when you go from a need to giving,” he continued. “I don’t think there was anything other than this just happened to be our way of getting to know each other and being able to share ourselves with each other in a time where we both needed a friend.”
