Amy Robach has opened up about earning more than her partners in previous relationships.
The former ABC News reporter spoke about the topic in the latest episode of her podcast. Amy and TJ Podcast, with her boyfriend TJ Holmes and matchmaker Thalia Ouimet. She admitted that she has recently rediscovered her “feminine energy” by no longer being the “breadwinner” in a relationship.
“Now I understand it a little more than ever in my life, but I was always on the other side of things. Always,” Robach told Ouimet about her past relationships and not embracing her femininity.
“I'm listening to you. I'm laughing because, for the first time, I'm open to that part of me that hadn't been before,” she told Ouimet. “I've always said no. I'm the doer. I'm the getter. I “I'm the creator. I'm the creator. I'm the breadwinner… and that's why it's interesting to accept and not just accept, but embrace the other side of yourself in the right relationship.”
Holmes even added that when they worked together no one could see her more feminine side when she answered a question about whether he was “turned off” by her “boss energy.”
“What do I tell you all the time? “You are a sweetheart,” she told Robach. “I wish other people knew that. And really, she is that tender and sweet and that feminine energy that maybe you talk about, but as a colleague of hers and seeing her in the studio for so long, no one has a clue about the person I know.”
During a previous episode of the couple's podcast, Robach discussed the beginning of her relationship with Holmes when he wouldn't let her pay for any of their dates.
“We had a lot of exchanges at the beginning and it was quite fun,” he admitted. “Because if I tried to pay some or all of it, I would get a Venmo immediately with an extra $5 attached, saying it was fun. Sometimes you actually give me the middle finger emoji.”
Holmes said her reasoning for paying was because she had a very “traditional” view of dating in which the man is supposed to be the one paying.
“Let's go to dinner, the man pays. It's just that. From the moment I joined ABC News, you were already there. “There is not a moment, a day in our careers at ABC that I have made more money than you.”
“But still, once we started dating, you didn't pay for food,” he continued.
Robach also added during the podcast episode that it was a struggle for her to adjust just because she works and makes her own money, so she doesn't feel necessary to let anyone pay for her.
“I also feel uncomfortable being a working woman who is able to take care of herself so as not to contribute to dates and meals and all that. So initially, when we started dating, I felt very uncomfortable with you paying for everything on one side.”
“On the other hand, I'm going to be very honest,” she added. “I liked it. There's something about women, like, we want to have this women's liberation thing where we're independent and we can do everything ourselves, but there's still something in me that really appreciated the fact that you wanted to pay the bills. I actually You didn't want to, you insisted on it at all costs. And I thought there was something really beautiful about that… you are a gentleman.”
