T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach's wedding is officially moving ahead. The former "Good Morning America" hosts, who announced their engagement in October 2025, applied for a marriage license in Washington County, Arkansas, on Sept. 18, the county clerk confirmed to USA TODAY on Oct. 5. TMZ was first to report the news, and USA TODAY notes it reached out to the couple's representative for comment. The location is meaningful: 49-year-old Holmes was born in West Memphis, so the filing marks a return to his home state. Though the couple teased in a May interview that they had settled on a wedding date, they have not shared the timing publicly, leaving fans to read the license as the clearest sign yet that the big day is near.

Nearly four years ago, this relationship began under the harshest possible spotlight. In November 2022, Holmes and 53-year-old Robach were photographed holding hands in public while both were still married to other people, sparking intense media scrutiny. USA TODAY reports the revelation led ABC News to remove both anchors from "GMA3," with a December 2022 internal memo stating that while the relationship did not violate company policy, it had become "an internal and an external distraction." The pair was ousted from the network the following month. What began as a career-ending scandal has now become a homecoming wedding in Holmes's home state — a reversal few observers would have predicted at the time.

The couple has pushed back on the narrative that dominated headlines in 2022. In a December 2023 episode of their "Amy & T.J. Podcast," USA TODAY reports, they said their prior marriages were nearly over when their friendship turned romantic, and that they stayed silent to avoid escalating the drama. "What we were trying to do was keep our jobs," Robach said, adding that they had press releases ready that day but never released them. She told listeners, "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."

Fans hoping for details will have to keep waiting. Holmes said in a May interview, according to Yahoo Entertainment, "There is a way we want to get married that we haven't revealed necessarily, but it would be very special to us. We can't say what that is. That's a big thing for us." The secrecy fits a couple who have kept much of their personal life off-limits since leaving network television, and it suggests the Arkansas license is one step in a plan they have been refining for months. Family context matters too: Holmes shares daughter Sabine with ex-wife Marilee Fiebig and two children, Brianna and Jaiden, with ex-wife Amy Ferson, while Robach has two daughters, Ava and Annalise, with ex-husband Tim McIntosh.

With a license filed and a date reportedly chosen, the next visible milestone is the ceremony itself — likely on their terms rather than the tabloids'. Holmes filed for divorce from Marilee Fiebig in December 2022, while Robach has said she was separated from Andrew Shue in summer 2022 and her divorce was reportedly finalized in March 2023, so both are free to marry. The couple's podcast remains their main platform for controlling their own story, and any confirmation of the wedding details would probably surface there or through a representative first. USA TODAY notes it has sought comment from the couple's representative, so further details may still emerge.