On 'Amy and T.J.' podcast, the former correspondent and anchor for ABC News opens up about his unpleasant experience during a recent flight with Amy Robach.
- May 1, 2024
AceShowbiz - T.J. Holmes has opened up about his unpleasant experience during a recent flight. On "Amy & T.J." podcast, the former correspondent and anchor for ABC News revealed that he was accused of stealing a cell phone.
In the Tuesday, April 30 episode of the podcast, the 46-year-old TV personality offered details about the unexpected situation. Speaking to his listeners alongside Amy Robach, he said that it happened when he and Amy were on a JetBlue flight to fly to Los Angeles.
T.J. recalled, "I was just recently accused of stealing somebody's cell phone on a flight. [It was] JetBlue but I can't remember the flight number or I would tell you. The woman was sitting in 1F and I was in 5C."
The former "Good Morning America 3" anchor went on to say, "I was using a bathroom at the front next to the cockpit. I come out and there's a flight attendant and a little old lady." He also noted that the woman was "white with dirty blonde hair."
"She's standing there and the flight attendant asks if I saw a phone in there. And I immediately turned around and said, 'Oh, no. I didn't see anything,' " he further recounted. "The woman steps toward me and gestures like she is about to frisk me, 'Oh, you don't have it?' In front of the plane she accused me of taking her phone."
"I actually crouched down, put my hands on my knees and got down on her level," T.J. additionally stated. "I asked, 'Ma'am, are you telling me I took your phone?' She kind of ignores me."
T.J. said that the woman eventually found her cell phone "in her seat." He shared that she then "turned" around to him, "mortified, screaming across the five rows, 'I'm so sorry!' " Amy joined in, "Sorry doesn't cut it at that point," prompting him to agree with his 51-year-old former "Good Morning America 3" co-host.
T.J. elaborated, "I have to be calm. If there weren't more people around then I wouldn't have bent down and been as assertive as I was because I wouldn't have a witness that I wasn't aggressive towards her."
